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From: David Pike
Date: 2025 Jun 27, 02:27 -0700
Frank. If this is correct, hold if you wish. If wrong, splash now to show the fallibility of the aging navigator. The place is LZ1 or 2, lat 28° 29’N long 080° 33’W. If it’s LZ1, there’s a good chance the launcher is part of Axiom Mission 4 which has only just landed on 25th but late enough after that its carers have left. It's probably around 0900Z, 0500Local, just before dawn on 25th. Then, Diphda is approx. 22° 45’ az 133°. Out of shot are Saturn above, Fomalhaut to the right, Menkar to the left, and Ankaa too close to the horizon. Source: My pals orbitting Tau Ceti emailed me. Unfortunately, one local report says it was foggy when the launcher landed, and the burn in the background suggests we’re looking around 330° or 225° not around 133°, so maybe the photograph was taken after a previous landing before 25th June 2025. I’m still trying to spot those triangles. DaveP
