Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit the Moon
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 17:21
in Astronomy & Space
Backyard astronomers watching the Perseid meteor shower last month saw meteoroids hitting not only Earth but also the Moon. They recorded the impacts using backyard telescopes and off-the-shelf cameras, showing that "lunar meteors" are easy targets for amateur observatories and that amateur astronomers can contribute to NASA's lunar research.