Dawn Framing Camera Q&A, Ask your questions to the Framing Camera Operations Team |
Dawn Framing Camera Q&A, Ask your questions to the Framing Camera Operations Team |
Jun 29 2011, 09:02 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 27-June 11 From: Katlenburg-Lindau, Lower Saxony, Germany Member No.: 6038 |
Dear all,
We are amazed, and a bit flattered, by the interest that the Dawn mission has awaken throughout the internet and particularly in this forum, and we would like to thank you for it. Space imagery is frequently subject of discussion and even re-work in these pages, but the field of space operations does not seem to be covered very often. That is why we have decided to offer you all the posibility to ask your questions to the team, that we will gladly reply within the limitations provided by our working agreements with JPL/NASA and the Dawn Science Team. We would like to request in advance your understanding if we do not reply promptly (or not at all) to some of your questions. We are in a busy and exciting time, and we intend to share this excitement with you as much as we can. Thank you all for making a great site out of UMSF and for your participation in this topic. Regards, Pablo Gutiérrez-Marqués Framing Camera Operations Manager -------------------- |
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Jun 30 2011, 07:11 AM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Are there any plans for long-exposure imaging to find moons or rings?
Also, how does it feel to be "better than Hubble"? -------------------- 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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Jun 30 2011, 03:35 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 27-June 11 From: Katlenburg-Lindau, Lower Saxony, Germany Member No.: 6038 |
Are there any plans for long-exposure imaging to find moons or rings? Also, how does it feel to be "better than Hubble"? The presence of a moon around Vesta would have implications not only for science, but also for the safety of the mission. That is why a number of activities have been planned to detect moons if they exist. With respect with the feeling of discovery, the sheer sight of an increasing number of pixels taking shape, revealing features that start to be familiar, is overwhelming, amazing, bewildering. It is a new OMG every occasion. One day I was looking at the newly arrived images and, when my office mate asked me if he should fetch the rest of the team, all I could say was: "Give me just one minute to enjoy the images alone, and then you can get the team". -------------------- |
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Jul 4 2011, 01:43 PM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2254 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
Welcome to UMSF!
I have a few questions: How many images do you expect to obtain while orbiting Vesta? Are some/all of the images compressed aboard the spacecraft before they are downlinked and if so is the compression lossy or lossless? One day I was looking at the newly arrived images and, when my office mate asked me if he should fetch the rest of the team, all I could say was: "Give me just one minute to enjoy the images alone, and then you can get the team". This is a familar feeling to me in a slightly different context though. There's something special about seeing a 'new' world clearly for the first time. |
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