Pro-Am Planetary Observations at Pic du Midi |
Pro-Am Planetary Observations at Pic du Midi |
Jul 25 2017, 01:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
Recently, a collaboration of a few professional and very talented amateurs used the 1-meter telescope at Pic du Midi to produce some truly breathtaking images of Venus and the outer planets.
Background information and images at: https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/580395-p...netary-mission/ and http://www.europlanet-eu.org/pic-net-groun...-press-release/ One example of the way this sort of data can be utilized is the "Voyager 3" project from Sweden, which used imagery from modest telescopes to monitor Jupiter over a sustained period of time. http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-...-3-project.html I'd say this impacts on the topic of spaceflight to the extent that it defines the quality of imagery that can be collected on a regular basis with a telescope that is very good / large but not in the top category of size… an important distinction because the largest telescopes naturally have intense competition for their time and are used only for limited numbers of planetary images. It's conceivable that telescopes in the 1-meter class could be used to produce relatively continuous and ongoing monitoring of the planets so far as orbital positions allow. Obviously, spacecraft can always produce imagery of a significantly higher quality, but these earthbound telescopes are beginning to show the ability to approach the scientific potential of spacecraft data sets such as Cassini's imagery of Jupiter or Pioneer Venus' imagery of Venus. |
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Jul 25 2017, 05:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2106 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Saw these pics a while back, but still a mighty result!
Would Io's plumes be at all plausible to resolve? I know Hubble caught them (along with Europa's plume), but its time is obviously much more limited... |
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Jul 25 2017, 05:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Saw these pics a while back, but still a mighty result! Would Io's plumes be at all plausible to resolve? I know Hubble caught them (along with Europa's plume), but its time is obviously much more limited... A while back? We're talking of june 10th this year for the one Nicolas is talking about... Also very impressed by Ganymede details. A bit of topic: I can see the 1m cupola telescope of Pic du Midi from my home place...70km "a vol d'oiseau"... -------------------- |
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Jul 25 2017, 12:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
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