30th Anniversary of the Voyager 1 Flyby of Jupiter |
30th Anniversary of the Voyager 1 Flyby of Jupiter |
Mar 5 2009, 08:20 PM
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of Voyager 1's flyby of Jupiter. On March 5, 1979, Voyager 1 flew through the Jupiter system providing a wealth of information of Jupiter, its magnetic field, and moons. Thanks to Voyager 1, the Galilean satellites became worlds with real geology and amazing vistas. Voyager 1 also revealed Jupiter's ring system and Io's volcanism for the first time.
I've written up a longer post about the encounter with Io on my blog, which also has an animation of the flyby: http://gishbar.blogspot.com/2009/03/30th-a...1-flyby-of.html -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Jul 27 2010, 09:58 AM
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Here's another Voyager 2 narrow angle view, taken on 28th of June, 1979:
A day later, this officially released composite was captured, and provides a useful comparison of how the different processing techniques affect the final result: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01370 -------------------- |
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Jul 28 2010, 01:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 21-April 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 347 |
Beautifully results! The only improvement I can think off would be to correct for planet rotation between each color channel image. This would require image reprojection or at least some kind of manual warp applied to parts of the image.
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