Is it possible, with a big telescope, to see the things left on the moon from the various landings? Lunar rovers, landing modules etc? Is it possible to see the flag that Armstrong planted? Does anyone know of any photos of this on the web?
2006-12-23 01:12:39 · 10 answers · asked by Robert W 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If by 'see' you also mean 'detect', then yes, there are a few objects that can be seen with the right equipment. Apollo 11, 14 and 15 deployed retroreflectors on the moon which are still visible using big telescopes on Earth. Retroreflectors are specially made mirrors that reflect light exactly back in the direction it came from. Scientists on Earth have been bouncing laser beams off of these mirrors for decades to measure the distance to the moon with great accuracy.
2006-12-23 02:53:11 · answer #1 · answered by I don't think so 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If big enough telescope, yes. Except that we do not have such big enough telescope yet. The best telescope currently in existance -- including Hubble -- would be able to see a football stadium sized object on the moon as a single pixel only. So not enough resolution to see a tank sized LEM lower stage, a golf cart sized lunar rover, let alone a blanket sized flag.
2006-12-23 01:19:55 · answer #2 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
no the hubble can't even see it
"Anything left on the Moon cannot be resolved in any Hubble image," According to the Space Telescope Science Institute, which operates Hubble for NASA. "It would just appear as a dot."
No, Hubble cannot take photos of the Apollo landing sites.
An object on the Moon 4 meters (4.37 yards) across, viewed from HST, would be about 0.002 arcsec in size. The highest resolution instrument currently on HST is the Advanced Camera for Surveys at 0.03 arcsec. So anything we left on the Moon cannot be resolved in any HST image. It would just appear as a dot.
Here is a picture that Hubble took of the Moon:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/1999/14/
2006-12-23 01:34:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
All could be seen if it were there. The moon landing was and still is the biggest hoax perpetrated by our government. (See the documentary "Conspiracy Theory"). Many disturbing FACTS were presented that a NASA rep. was completely unable to satisfactorily answer (i.e. The astronauts Zeiss camera lends had cross hairs etched into the glass face of the lends and yet their where photos that showed images blocking the cross hairs???????) The list goes on and on (another example, no lighting equipment was on board the lander, yet shadows showed that the sun wasn't the only source of light as shadows were at different angles in the same photos, as well as no swirling deb re from either the landing or take off. If the sites are ever filmed the U.S. will be the laughing stock of the planet and prove that we can't be trusted to provide truth any more that you could trust some third world nation. Shame on our dim bulbs.....the truth will be reveled and hopefully in their lifetimes so that they will face the music and well deserved rebuke from the worlds citizens.
2006-12-23 02:37:22 · answer #4 · answered by scorpionsnakeeaglephoenix 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-12-18 18:07:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NASA fired a laser beam at a special mirror left by the astronauts and received a reflection from it.
No contemporary telescope could resolve any man made object left there!
2006-12-23 09:34:03 · answer #6 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not with today's technology. Imagine trying to see something 15 feet wide that is 250,000 miles away. It's basically impossible. It would be like walking outside and if the earth were flat, seeing a dime at 1000 miles away.
2006-12-23 02:39:06 · answer #7 · answered by Gene 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is unless those landings were completely faked. And the telescopes need to be like really good!
2006-12-23 02:49:01 · answer #8 · answered by AD 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That stuff is SMALL on an astronomical scale. If you could persuade the Hubble people to take time to take those shots, yes, maybe. But nothing less would have much of a chance at all.
2006-12-23 01:21:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
YES!Q Even an inexpensive telescope can spot artifacts left by the Apollo program.
2006-12-23 01:26:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋