Fast-walker in transit

Da una ripresa telescopica ottenuta da Terra, il transito di un Fast-Walker (o meglio: l'ombra di un Fast-Walker in transito che si proietta sulla grigia superficie della Luna).
Ora, come già si disse in passato e come il Dr Fienga scrisse nell'articolo "L'Anno del Centauro" - pubblicato sul Sito UFO-ONLINE - perchè un oggetto "possa/riesca a proiettare la propria ombra sulla superficie della Luna" è ragionevole supporre che:

1) trattasi di un oggetto DECISAMENTE VICINO alla superficie della Luna (e comunque molto più vicino alla Luna di quanto non lo sia alla Terra) e
2) trattasi di un oggetto avente NOTEVOLISSIME DIMENSIONI (così notevoli da poter essere visto - e BENE - anche da oltre 300000 Km di distanza.

E allora? Che cosa stiamo guardando?...

Observer: Mr. Steve Massey


Location: Residence - Dee Why - New South Wales


Time and date of observation: 00.30 to 00.40 Hrs EST 08/08/95


Object's location: Object seen passing over the northern quadrant of the Mare Humorum a little south of the crater "Gassendi". This area is located in the lower south I west quadrant of the Moon.


Object visible for: 0.74 of a second as determined from video sequence at normal running speed.


Equipment used: 10" Meade Reflector Telescope fitted with clock drive unit for tracking. The eyepiece used at the time of observation was a 25 mm focal length of f4.5 rating together with a 2x barlow lens. The telescope mirror was 1l40 mm. In addition to this, a video camcorder set at 8x zoom and was hand-held at the eyepiece to record the moon's surface features. The total magnification ratio was as follows - 1140 mm divided by 25mm = 45.6x + 2x barlow = 91.2x + camcorder 8x zoom = 729.6x.


Moon details: At the time of observation the Moon was in the western quadrant at 39.40 degrees above the horizon. It was 8/10ths illuminated with the full Moon due 110895. See (visual) direction graphic for astronomical position data.


Observation: Steve is a keen amateur astronomer and has been interested in the subject since an early age. He has an excellent knowledge of astronomy and uses a 10" Meade Reflecting Telescope fitted with a drive unit for tracking. At between 30 to 40 minutes after midnight on the 8th of August he was videotaping an area of the Moon known as the Mare Humorum in the general vicinity of the crater Gassendi. He was hand holding a camcorder set at maximum zoom ratio of x8 up to the telescope eyepiece and while watching through the viewfinder, noticed an object enter the field of view from the lower right just above the crater "Konig" moving at extremely high speed to disappear out of the field of view in the upper left.