Dust Storm- Opportunity EOM, the end of the beginning of a new era in robotic spaceflight |
Dust Storm- Opportunity EOM, the end of the beginning of a new era in robotic spaceflight |
Jun 5 2018, 03:05 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Expect a quiet few sols - http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~lemmon/mars-tau-b.html
SOL TAU 5097 0.65 5098 0.64 5099 0.67 5100 0.64 5101 0.60 5102 0.60 5103 0.61 5104 1.55 5105 **** 5106 2.12 |
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Jun 23 2018, 03:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1643 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
As a bit of nuance, a Tau of 14 sounds about right to make the direct solar illumination match the full moon, so one could look for an (Earth) moonlike orb to be somewhat visible through the dust. Otherwise there is brighter overall illumination from diffuse scattered light. How about a full Phobos ?
The faint sun appearance shows up in a sky that is not quite black on the right panel of the second picture shown in this link posted earlier. Turning up the monitor brightness helps to see this. This is a useful example for expanding the envelope with my sky simulation software. -------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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