Catalogue of Imaging Instruments, it was Phil's idea |
Catalogue of Imaging Instruments, it was Phil's idea |
Nov 19 2007, 12:12 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
International Lunar Decade and all that. This is what I've found out from half an hour of Googling.
It'd be nice to fill it out significantly with more details stats, perhaps a coverage ( or expected coverage ) %'ge value, and some older spacecraft (Clementine for example) Give me the raw figures, I'll plug them in, then think of a means to display them Doug |
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Nov 19 2007, 03:14 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10127 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Yes - that's going to be very useful.
I think coverage is the next big issue. For instance, LRO high resolution will be like MOC, a very small percentage of the surface in exquisite detail. If you look at Chandrayaan's terrain camera, 5 m/pixel will be a lot of pixels if global coverage is obtained. Will they have the downlink capability? I don't think that is expected. Incidentally, a set of nine international calibration targets have been chosen so all these instruments will look at the same places for calibration and comparison purposes. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Nov 19 2007, 03:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Incidentally, a set of nine international calibration targets have been chosen so all these instruments will look at the same places for calibration and comparison purposes. The Apollo 11 landing site? *ducks* -------------------- |
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Nov 19 2007, 03:21 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10127 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
-------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Nov 19 2007, 03:43 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I'm sure Emily did an amazing comparative diagram for all the Mars instruments - but now I can't find it.
Doug |
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Nov 19 2007, 04:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I remember that. It should be in her weblog archive around the time MRO arrived. It was excellent.
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Nov 19 2007, 04:34 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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Nov 19 2007, 05:09 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Just to repeat - if you know of any blanks ( or any restrospective imaging instruments ) that can be filled in - post them and I'll add them
Doug |
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Nov 19 2007, 06:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 18-November 07 Member No.: 3964 |
Doug, there is some surprisingly detailed information about Clementine's science instruments in Wikipedia.
Yes, I know, it's not the most reliable source in web, but it's better than nothing... Mps |
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Nov 20 2007, 08:44 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Glad the diagrams were useful Once you've assembled your info, Doug, I can make another one of those for the Moon.
I agree it's useful to have some info on what fractional area of the planet will be covered. I could add little pie charts on my diagrams to indicate that. --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Nov 20 2007, 10:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2504 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
International Lunar Decade and all that. This is what I've found out from half an hour of Googling. Minor change, but your table says 3 UV bands and 4 vis/IR bands for LROC WAC. I'd have said 2 UV bands and 5 vis/IR bands, because we consider the blue band to be a visible band. At least, that's how I implemented it in the firmware, so if somebody wants it different they need to tell me. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Nov 20 2007, 10:14 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Thanks for that Mike - not sure where I got that figure from - I do remember umming and arrring over it for some reason.
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Nov 21 2007, 07:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2917 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Can we consider the cameras & other instruments onboard the SM from Apollo 15 to 17 ? Also their sub-sattelites ?
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Nov 21 2007, 08:41 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
If you can give me res and coverage....do it. The only thing I'd not like is the Rangers - who go from a res of about a squillion m/pixel to a squillionth of an m/pixel. I don't think the Apollo Sub-Sat in A15 and 16 carried cameras thoough.
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