This is a collection of probable impacts that have not been confirmed. They do not seem to be cosmic ray hits or satellites. A sample of cosmic rays can be found at the page bottom. Typically, cosmic rays are sharp, small and thin and sometimes are accompanied by other artifacts in the same video field. They have virtually no light curve gradiant across the CCD pixels and are somewhat easy to spot and rule out. Real impacts have a changing brightness profile across at least a few pixels. In no case does a cosmic ray strike on a CCD look slightly unfocused where as an impact event may appear to be somewhat fuzzy due to less than 'perfect' focus or atmospheric turbulence.

Unconfirmed but probable Lunar Impact - imaged with a Watec 902 H2 Ult and Celestron 8" NGT @ f/5.0.

Another dimmer event at 01:42:59 UT

Unconfirmed but probable impact from Feb 20 Lunar Eclipse. The event lasted both video fields in the same video frame and was very faint.

An "event", possibly an impact during the full Lunar Eclipse February 20, 2008 (Feb 21, 03:19:57.4UT).

The event lasted 3 video fields. However, it does display some artifacting although the light levels during the eclipse were different than what is typically the case with the shadowed lunar surface. It is not similar to a cosmic ray event and I was using a focal reducer at the time.

Unconfirmed but probable lunar impact. Imaged with an 8" Celestron and StellaCam II at prime focus.

00:38:31 Animated GIF 852Kb
3 video fields, bright

Unconfirmed event

I was shooting sucker holes and LunarScan coughed up this event. Both Odd and Even video fields are about the same brightness. It looks sketchy at best and the conditions were really awful. Worth reporting though...

Orionids? - 10/20/2007
23:17:03UT #a21 - duration = 4 video fields Image Animated GIF 694Kb
23:23:48UT #b4 duration = 2 video fields, very dim Image
23:43:14UT #d3 duration = 3 video fields Image Animated GIF 708Kb

Orionids? - 10/21/2007
03:48:12UT #i3 duration = 2 video fields Image

Unconfirmed probable Lunar Impact - a Lyrid?? Imaged with an 8" Celestron and StellaCam II at prime focus. Unfortunately, this one can not be confirmed as it fell outside the FOV on MSFC's equipment.

April 12, 2008 - I started testing my new Watec H2 Ult. This image is comprised of 4 cosmic ray hits from 4 different events, zoomed in 300 percent.