Dawn's first orbit, including RC3, March 6, 2015- June 15, 2015 |
Dawn's first orbit, including RC3, March 6, 2015- June 15, 2015 |
Mar 6 2015, 03:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 14-April 06 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 745 |
Dawn is now officially in orbit around (1) Ceres!
Congratulations, NASA. Nice images of crescent Ceres. NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet |
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Apr 16 2015, 07:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 13-November 14 From: Norway Member No.: 7310 |
Pleasantly surprised to see that OpNav 6 was released today. Something odd happens when I try to extract the individual frames with IrfanView, though: the frames come out in all sorts of sizes. (edit: never mind, Python to the rescue)
In the latest Dawn Journal, it was mentioned that spot(s) 5 would not be visible in OpNav 6: QUOTE As we describe below, Dawn’s extensive photographic coverage of the sunlit terrain in early May will include these bright spots. They will not be in view, however, when Dawn spies the thin crescent of Ceres in its next optical navigation session, scheduled for April 10 so I think it would be odd if they suddenly turned up anyway. -------------------- |
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