Voyager camera pointing information Options

[Brian Burns]

Sorry if this has been discussed anywhere but I can't seem to find much information about it - why is it that Voyager's pointing is so haphazard, as in this video of all the RAW Jupiter images - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf5QJ8iFxUs?

I came across this link which says that pointing information for the images exists - http://pds-rings.seti.org/voyager/ck.html, but have also read on this forum that it's not very accurate. Would the information be useful in automatically aligning composite images and mosaics, or is it too coarse? Would it at least be useful in getting general alignments that could be refined by hand?

And does anyone know why the cameras could not be pointed more accurately, or why accurate information could not be returned with the images? I assume it was some technical limitation, but just curious what it might be.

[JohnVV]

you have read through my post
"Voyager Images and Isis3, applications and methods"

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=8198

use your preferred way of handling the truncated lines

adding a grid and then measuring the offset .You can then offset the non grided image by the x & y amount , this works well .

For non gas giants ,a control network can be used BUT this is easier IF the images are already close to accurate.

I came across this link which says that pointing information for the images exists - http://pds-rings.seti.org/voyager/ck.html, but have also read on this forum that it's not very accurate. Would the information be useful in automatically aligning composite images and mosaics, or is it too coarse? Would it at least be useful in getting general alignments that could be refined by hand?

"vger" predates pds and the isis3 ( and 1 and 2 ) tools and parts of vicar

these are reconstructed kernels built from reworked archive tapes and log books
the fact that they are THIS close

is a feat in of it's self

so for 100% automated ????? probably not