Jim Bell Q'n'a, Questions Please |
Jim Bell Q'n'a, Questions Please |
Jan 22 2006, 11:06 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Jim Bell's agreed to do a brief Q'n'A in a few days time, so similar to the one I did for Steve, I want your questions! Try and keep it quite 'current' if you can, as we're going to make this more a 'news' outlet than a look back type chat.
We're going to try, if this one works, to do these every couple of weeks or so, a bit of Rover news and a bit of Q'n'A each time, but we'll see how this one goes first! Fire away people If they're all crap, don't worry, I've got LOADS in mind. Doug |
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Mar 27 2006, 09:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Richmond, VA USA Member No.: 181 |
Looking back in time a little bit: Has there been any sucess in creating an aprox. true color image of Spirit Sol 675's Phobos eclipse while Phobos was in Mars' umbra? If so, anything that can be shared at present?
-- Pertinax |
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Mar 27 2006, 09:45 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Looking back in time a little bit: Has there been any sucess in creating an aprox. true color image of Spirit Sol 675's Phobos eclipse while Phobos was in Mars' umbra? If so, anything that can be shared at present? -- Pertinax As I understand it - that imagery was just a movie in a single filter (L1), and even if it wasnt - then the subject of interest would have moved quite a lot between frames. If you've got another specific observation in mind thought, flag it up and I'll take a look and mention it - chances are if they're worked on it, then Jim will probably be able to share something. Doug |
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Mar 28 2006, 10:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221 |
Can you ask for an overview of Dark- and Flat-fields please. How often they are retaken etc... And if there are other techniques they use to compensate for degredation of the detectors/optics over time.
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Mar 28 2006, 01:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
Picking up on Bruce's comments in the Phobos and Deimos Origin thread (and previous discussions regarding man-made objects in orbit around Mars), could you ask about observations of the dusk/dawn sky seeking natural and man-made satellites. In particular, are (or will) such observations be possible on restricted sols this winter, or will be rovers simply be hunkered down against the chill?
Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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