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post Oct 18 2005, 05:47 PM
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Spaceweather (www.spaceweather.com) is reporting a dust storm on Mars visible in amateur telescopes. Hope we don't get too much dust-fall on the solar panels.... unsure.gif

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post Oct 31 2005, 09:50 PM
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Yes, it will only be looking a narrow angle from west (288 degree) to south (108 degree) ... I suppose that the summer time the sun would be passing to sunset on that angle.

Or perhaps, that angle is the proposed route so the team wants to focus closer the terrain toward the Mogollon rims. It might means that the rover will advance too. I think that the only change has come out from Pancam Tracking Databaes is that now it does not show any engineering commands that previously had appeared. Still not sure but I noticed and it might be too early to jump conclusions.

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post Oct 31 2005, 11:10 PM
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QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Nov 1 2005, 07:50 AM)
Yes, it will only be looking a narrow angle from west (288 degree) to south (108 degree) ... I suppose that the summer time the sun would be passing  to sunset on that angle.

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That's not the way I read the PDT (Pancam Data Tracking, I think it's time to abbreviate this) I beleve that it reads

navcam_7x1_az_288_3_bpp

7 navcam frames centred at az 288 degrees

navcam_3x1_az_108_1_bpp

3 navcam frames centred at az 108 degrees

Note that 288 - 108 = 180. i.e the centres are in opposite directions. Also note that 10 navcam frames generally make a 360 degree pan.

So these two lines should be read together as simply "A 360 degree navcam pan".

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post Nov 2 2005, 04:17 PM
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QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Oct 31 2005, 06:10 PM)
That's not the way I read the PDT (Pancam Data Tracking, I think it's time to abbreviate this) I beleve that it reads

navcam_7x1_az_288_3_bpp

7 navcam frames centred at az 288 degrees

navcam_3x1_az_108_1_bpp

3 navcam frames centred at az 108 degrees

Note that 288 - 108 = 180. i.e the centres are in opposite directions. Also note that 10 navcam frames generally make a 360 degree pan.

So these two lines should be read together as simply "A 360 degree navcam pan".

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jamescanvin: Good and smart hint! I didn't know that to make a 360 panoramic pictures needs 10 Navcam.

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- sranderson   Dust Storm   Oct 18 2005, 05:47 PM
- - helvick   Worth keeping an eye on but hopefully this will be...   Oct 18 2005, 06:28 PM
|- - ljk4-1   QUOTE (helvick @ Oct 18 2005, 01:28 PM)Worth ...   Oct 18 2005, 07:18 PM
- - vikingmars   Hope this one will NOT reach any MER rover ! H...   Oct 18 2005, 08:18 PM
|- - sranderson   Wow. Gets dark doesn't it. Are those piles o...   Oct 18 2005, 09:12 PM
||- - vikingmars   QUOTE (sranderson @ Oct 18 2005, 09:12 PM)Wow...   Oct 19 2005, 05:22 AM
||- - helvick   Handy site to keep an eye on this storm feature as...   Oct 19 2005, 10:25 AM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (vikingmars @ Oct 18 2005, 09:18 PM) Ho...   Oct 18 2005, 09:30 PM
|- - pioneer   QUOTE (vikingmars @ Oct 18 2005, 08:18 PM) Ho...   Oct 19 2005, 02:36 PM
- - fredk   Update on dust storm here with short interview wit...   Oct 20 2005, 11:45 PM
|- - sranderson   Looks like the storm is getting bigger and it appa...   Oct 22 2005, 02:32 PM
|- - ljk4-1   QUOTE (sranderson @ Oct 22 2005, 09:32 AM)Loo...   Oct 24 2005, 07:00 PM
- - SigurRosFan   Latest storm picture from Ed Lomeli of Sacramento,...   Oct 24 2005, 06:55 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (SigurRosFan @ Oct 24 2005, 06:55 PM)La...   Oct 24 2005, 08:04 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Oct 24 2005, 09:04 PM)I...   Oct 24 2005, 09:34 PM
- - deglr6328   How frequently do global dust storms occur on Mars...   Oct 24 2005, 09:31 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Oct 24 2005, 10:31 PM)How ...   Oct 24 2005, 09:37 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Oct 25 2005, 07:31 AM)How ...   Oct 25 2005, 01:01 AM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Oct 24 2005, 10:31 PM)How ...   Oct 29 2005, 02:49 PM
- - slinted   There is fresh activity being seen VERY close to O...   Oct 28 2005, 11:09 AM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (slinted @ Oct 28 2005, 01:09 PM)There ...   Oct 28 2005, 09:19 PM
- - djellison   I wonder what imagery Damien Peach has managed to ...   Oct 28 2005, 11:23 AM
- - Sunspot   Whoah !!! thats close. Would Opportun...   Oct 28 2005, 11:29 AM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Oct 28 2005, 11:29 AM)Whoah ...   Oct 28 2005, 11:41 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Oct 28 2005, 04:29 AM)Whoah ...   Oct 28 2005, 09:24 PM
- - Bill Harris   BTW, by convention, and I presume that they still ...   Oct 28 2005, 12:32 PM
|- - slinted   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 28 2005, 04:32 AM)BT...   Oct 28 2005, 08:16 PM
- - akuo   I think this dust storm is already on top of Oppy....   Oct 28 2005, 12:42 PM
|- - ljk4-1   QUOTE (akuo @ Oct 28 2005, 07:42 AM)I think t...   Oct 28 2005, 01:01 PM
|- - Rakhir   "Opportunity has seen some signs of the dust ...   Oct 28 2005, 09:26 PM
- - Tman   On the ASO website http://www.arksky.org/asoimglib...   Oct 28 2005, 01:49 PM
- - alan   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Oct 28 2005, 01:01 PM)Th...   Oct 28 2005, 02:13 PM
- - Rakhir   "The storm has seven appendages that stretch ...   Oct 28 2005, 07:50 PM
|- - paulanderson   QUOTE (Rakhir @ Oct 28 2005, 11:50 AM)"T...   Oct 28 2005, 08:49 PM
|- - mike   QUOTE (paulanderson @ Oct 28 2005, 12:49 PM)T...   Oct 28 2005, 09:37 PM
- - Tman   Mike, you have to start with the link and guidance...   Oct 28 2005, 09:55 PM
- - Vladimorka   http://www.arksky.org/smf/index.php?topic=833.0   Oct 28 2005, 09:57 PM
|- - helvick   Just wondering if the "extraordinary" br...   Oct 28 2005, 10:56 PM
- - Bill Harris   On the FwdHazcam and RearHazcam images from Sol 62...   Oct 29 2005, 01:59 AM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 28 2005, 08:59 PM)On...   Oct 29 2005, 03:02 AM
- - Sunspot   I wish we could get to see some dust storm images ...   Oct 29 2005, 10:45 AM
- - slinted   Dr. Sherrod has captured the storm activity again ...   Oct 29 2005, 11:36 AM
- - Bill Harris   Could the dust storm be a serious matter for our i...   Oct 29 2005, 11:46 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 30 2005, 12:46 AM)Co...   Oct 30 2005, 12:41 AM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Oct 30 2005, 01:41 AM)Bill:...   Oct 30 2005, 09:39 AM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (helvick @ Oct 30 2005, 11:39 AM)We...   Oct 30 2005, 12:37 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (Nirgal @ Oct 30 2005, 01:37 PM)Questio...   Oct 30 2005, 02:57 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (Nirgal @ Oct 30 2005, 10:37 PM)ok, I...   Oct 30 2005, 11:58 PM
- - Bill Harris   That's what I was afraid of... --Bill   Oct 30 2005, 01:27 AM
- - dot.dk   Ok, the dust storm has hit Meridiani Good lu...   Oct 30 2005, 07:51 PM
- - djellison   Youcha. I think a lot of that is because of the lo...   Oct 30 2005, 09:58 PM
- - OWW   There IS more dust over meridiani: Taken from htt...   Oct 30 2005, 10:25 PM
- - djellison   Obviously MOC WA will be catching this lot, but it...   Oct 30 2005, 10:40 PM
- - Bill Harris   It may not be curtains. This is a plucky little r...   Oct 30 2005, 11:08 PM
- - Sunspot   When I go to the JPL RAW site all I see are broken...   Oct 30 2005, 11:18 PM
|- - Ames   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Oct 31 2005, 12:18 AM)When I...   Oct 30 2005, 11:29 PM
- - Sunspot   Weird, they dont show up for me in any browser I t...   Oct 30 2005, 11:35 PM
- - dot.dk   You have to insert "%23%23" in the filen...   Oct 30 2005, 11:36 PM
- - Bill Harris   Heck, let's sit back and watch the storm. Pas...   Oct 31 2005, 12:58 AM
- - CosmicRocker   On earth, dust storms can definitely reduce availa...   Oct 31 2005, 05:39 AM
|- - Ames   new pictures... http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mar...   Oct 31 2005, 10:16 AM
- - dot.dk   QUOTE (Ames @ Oct 31 2005, 10:16 AM)new pictu...   Oct 31 2005, 10:32 AM
- - Tman   This Rear Hazcam is additional one from sol 627: ...   Oct 31 2005, 03:17 PM
|- - ljk4-1   Did it ever show if the dust that accumulated on t...   Oct 31 2005, 03:29 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Oct 31 2005, 03:29 PM)Di...   Oct 31 2005, 03:49 PM
||- - Marcel   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Oct 31 2005, 03:49 PM)This ...   Oct 31 2005, 03:56 PM
||- - helvick   QUOTE (Marcel @ Oct 31 2005, 04:56 PM)Did Pat...   Oct 31 2005, 04:08 PM
||- - tedstryk   It spotted a few...I have some images somewhere......   Oct 31 2005, 10:19 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Oct 31 2005, 10:29 AM)Di...   Oct 31 2005, 05:07 PM
- - Cugel   But the shadow of the rover still looks sharp and ...   Oct 31 2005, 03:28 PM
|- - Tman   QUOTE (Cugel @ Oct 31 2005, 05:28 PM)But the ...   Oct 31 2005, 03:42 PM
- - Bill Harris   This didn't quite show what I'd hoped it w...   Oct 31 2005, 03:30 PM
|- - Ames   The latest hazcam pictures show the shadow as bein...   Oct 31 2005, 03:44 PM
|- - tedstryk   I imaging the stretching of the "raws" w...   Oct 31 2005, 03:46 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Oct 31 2005, 04:46 PM)I ima...   Oct 31 2005, 04:32 PM
- - Bill Harris   Here is another evaluation of the sky brightness. ...   Oct 31 2005, 05:01 PM
- - DEChengst   Some info from the CNN website: "Lemmon said...   Oct 31 2005, 05:48 PM
- - djellison   CODE4. What EDRs did we request? Expected EDRs by...   Oct 31 2005, 09:24 PM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 31 2005, 09:24 PM)CODE...   Oct 31 2005, 11:40 PM
- - RNeuhaus   Yes, it will only be looking a narrow angle from w...   Oct 31 2005, 09:50 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Oct 31 2005, 09:50 PM)It mi...   Oct 31 2005, 10:41 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Nov 1 2005, 07:50 AM)Yes, i...   Oct 31 2005, 11:10 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Oct 31 2005, 06:10 PM)Th...   Nov 2 2005, 04:17 PM
- - ilbasso   The Pathfinder did indeed image several dust devil...   Oct 31 2005, 10:53 PM
|- - tedstryk   I worked with some of those Patfinder images once....   Oct 31 2005, 11:45 PM
- - djellison   Ted have you ever found the equiv of Pathfinder R...   Nov 1 2005, 08:13 AM
- - Bill Harris   From the Mission Status at the NASA/JPL site: QUO...   Nov 1 2005, 11:04 AM
- - general   Oppy's dusty weekend http://marsrovers.jpl....   Nov 2 2005, 08:01 PM
- - Burmese   always a new twist for the programmers: "......   Nov 2 2005, 08:11 PM
|- - avkillick   Now that's a concept! Miss the alarm - so...   Nov 2 2005, 10:12 PM
|- - ljk4-1   FOR RELEASE: 9;00 am (EST) November 3, 2005 PHOT...   Nov 3 2005, 02:37 PM
- - Tman   Has anybody seen a new picture of the dust storm? ...   Nov 2 2005, 09:58 PM
- - Tman   Woow, that's another highlight from Hubble...   Nov 3 2005, 06:20 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (Tman @ Nov 4 2005, 05:20 AM) Woow, tha...   Nov 4 2005, 12:20 AM
- - Bill Harris   There does not appear to have been a dust depositi...   Nov 18 2005, 04:36 AM
|- - jaredGalen   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Nov 18 2005, 05:36 AM)Su...   Nov 18 2005, 09:27 AM
- - lyford   This would be good news - seems the answer is blow...   Nov 18 2005, 07:37 AM
- - edstrick   I was looking at that marking on the left side of ...   Nov 18 2005, 10:25 AM
- - slinted   The bright ...splotch is a persistant feature that...   Nov 18 2005, 11:19 AM
- - Bill Harris   I have no idea what that white "splat" i...   Nov 18 2005, 01:29 PM
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