KBO encounters |
KBO encounters |
Aug 2 2008, 12:53 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 1-August 08 Member No.: 4280 |
Hi,
I’m regular follower of NH and I’m also interested in the 2nd leg of the mission, i.e the 2016+ KBOs encounters. Does anyone know when operations about this leg (starting with searching objects of interest with HST or some other earth-based means, I suppose) are expected to begin ? |
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May 17 2011, 06:01 AM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
John,
Thanks for the update! I was curious, are you using a 16 or 32 bit FITS workflow? It seems like some of the images are suffering from a weird clipping like the subtraction was done on signed data but the conversion to an image format was done on unsigned data. Maybe you could provide a couple of sample images and we could hold a contest for the best subtraction algorithm. You said binary KBOs are likely to still be point sources on these images, what about binary asteroids/centaurs? Also, is there a fixed image scale for these pictures, or do they vary? -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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