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The June 11, 2009 iTWire article “Asia, Australia may see Kaguya and Moon crash” provides additional information on the mission and its final goal.

Indian astronomers, while using a 1.2-meter telescope at Mount Abu Observatory in India, saw the Kaguya impact.

The impact was described as being seen at 1825 UT, but fading slightly a second later, with no observation possible thereafter. [Information courtesy of Spaceports]

Among the websites showing images of the impact, go to

Skymania News: “Kaguya Moon crash seen from Earth

Space.com: “Japan's Kaguya Probe Slams into the Moon

The website of the Planetary Society of Japan (“Japan's Spacecraft ‘Kaguya’ to impact Moon”) contains additional information on the impact, and is supposed to soon have images of the impact.