Apollo 11 Token

I was only 15 years old when this event took place. we lived out in the country at the time and I had a magnifying glass for looking at the stars. I remember looking at the neat shapes in the moon as well. On this mission, with the Apollo 11, I went outside at night too look at the moon, and I was surprised.
I could not see the men on the moon or what they were doing, but what really caught my eye was the straight and steady line of the Apollo capsule as it went across the surface of the moon. That was a site for 15-year-old to behold, and I’ve never forgotten it. I never will as it was incredible. So here’s a token that I recently picked up in the collection I bought to commemorate this event.

 

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Here's to memories and cool tokens, congrats!

 

Thanks! If you have some, please post them.

 

I was ten. Only time I ever saw a tear in my grizzled old granddads eye.

 

It sure was an exciting time and we were young.

 

Are you saying that you saw the Apollo capsule transiting the moon.

 

I was ten when they landed on the moon. I remember the neighbor coming over to watch as she did not have a TV.

 

You got it. It was just a black dot that moved straight across the face of the moon in a straight line at a steady pace.

 

There are people that didn't believe it happened. Thought it was done in a movie theater.

 

They are all Doubters!

 

A colorized 5 ounce copper round. Nice!!

 

here's one of my Apollo 11 tokens. I also have 12, 13, 14 tokens.
My 11 appears the same as @alurid

 

No way your eye is going to resolve a 33 ft object at 1.3 billion feet away. Not even as a black dot

 

I had my telescope so it was easy to see. My apologies as I said magnifying glass.

 

I don't have an Apollo 11 token, but I've got one representing 20 years after man first walked in the moon (I know, if he did?). I was stationed at Ft. Bliss, TX at the time. Sat up most of the night to watch it on a black and white 13" TV that I bought used for $6.00. Hey, money was tight, then. Put it outside so the neighbors could watch it too. I know, TMI, but that just brought up a lot of old memories, lol.

 

I have to go with Conder 101. Even Michael Collins in Columbia had a very difficult time trying to see the Eagle on the lunar surface.
https://starlust.org/can-you-see-the-moon-landing-sites-with-a-telescope/

The above link suggests that one would need a telescope with an aperture of 335 meters to resolve an object on the lunar surface that measures one meter. Also, the smallest lunar detail an 8 inch telescope could resolve would be just over a kilometer in size. I am fascinated by the idea of seeing the Apollo 11 craft transiting the moon with a backyard telescope and I'm sure that you saw something, could it have been a bug walking across the telescopes mirror or a near earth satellite which are often visible to the naked eye. It's still a cool story.

 

It was a straight, steady dot that moved from right to left. I had a nice telescope as a teenager. I could even pick up some of the rings of Saturn at the correct time of year.