800Whrs+ Staying Up Late ideas |
800Whrs+ Staying Up Late ideas |
Jun 6 2009, 07:04 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
With Spirit producing an annoyingly large amount of power given her current predicament, the time may well have come to re-open the Gusev astronomy society. Anyone have any dusk / nightime observation ideas?
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Jun 6 2009, 07:20 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Thinking ahead...
- A low sun angle view of the road ahead towards vonBraun. There might be some interesting detail to observe with single- and multi-filter observations. - A second Gusev Sunset image would be nice (I don't think Tsiolkovsky is in the way). Just a cool image to take. - Long shadow view back towards Husband Hill in multi-filters. Just to make up for the version UMSF worked on in what seems like years ago (hey it was!) - Phobos / star occultation - MGS star-trail? It's gotta be somewhere! - MODY / MEX star-trail? Just to be cool. - Pancam view of an Earth / star occultation (would it be possible?) I've got no idea what the MERs capabilities are as an observatory, but these are my two cents worth. |
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Jun 6 2009, 10:01 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
- Pancam view of an Earth / star occultation (would it be possible?) If my STARRY NIGHT is set up right, then Earth is in the sunset sky at the moment, very close to Venus, with Mercury beneath them... Good photo op? I haven't got time right now to do a mock-up of what the view would look like, but I'm sure it would look beautiful. I second all Astro0's suggestions, especially the "long shadows" shots, just because they'd be beautiful pictures... -------------------- |
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Jun 6 2009, 01:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
If my STARRY NIGHT is set up right, then Earth is in the sunset sky at the moment, very close to Venus, with Mercury beneath them... Good photo op? I haven't got time right now to do a mock-up of what the view would look like, but I'm sure it would look beautiful. I'll second that! Now, if someone could check if the line of sight is clear on that direction... |
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