Heading south from Cape York, Opportunity's post-conjunction adventures / Sol 3291 - 3387 |
Heading south from Cape York, Opportunity's post-conjunction adventures / Sol 3291 - 3387 |
Aug 2 2013, 04:30 PM
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#391
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
About 115m SW (from the metadata). And the 38km mark already is waaay behind us.
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Aug 2 2013, 04:33 PM
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#392
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10184 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Just showing Curiosity she's still got it!
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Aug 2 2013, 05:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Hehehe.
I checked the new position calculated using the metadata and later on adjusted it with my own version of polar mosaic (normal business) and they offset by almost 20m! Quite big, even considering such a long drive. I'm pretty convinced of the registering I did; actually, if fits with yours almost exactly. Dunno exactly the reason for such difference; my guesses are that it might be due to distortions on the basemap I'm using (PSP_10341), inaccuracy of the previous position (sol 3384), drifting of the rover's autonomous attitude calculation (source of the metadata), a combination of all these factors, ... dunno. |
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Aug 3 2013, 02:13 PM
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#394
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...E2P2415L7M1.JPG
Woah! That's a dramatic and enticing looking hillside. Who back in 2004 would have imagined Opportunity being somewhere like this? |
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Aug 3 2013, 10:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
New update from Larry Crumpler
http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/rover-fiel...-from-mars.html QUOTE It packed up and started driving towards the base of the mountain and will be at the foot of the next mountain after the drive this weekend. ...and it looks like 3387 will be the arrival sol! QUOTE 03387 p0025.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 mer_b_sunfind_parms_left_eye_525_exp
03387 p0733.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 navcam_3x1_az_234_3_bpp 03387 p1205.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 front_haz_penultimate_0.5_bpp_pri17 03387 p1211.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 ultimate_front_haz_1_bpp_pri_15 03387 p1234.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 front_haz_fault_half_pri15_4bpp 03387 p1254.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 front_haz_fault_pri15_4bpp 03387 p1301.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 rear_haz_penultimate_1bpp_pri17 03387 p1311.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 rear_haz_ultimate_1_bpp_crit15 03387 p1334.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 rear_haz_fault_half_pri15_4bpp 03387 p1354.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 rear_haz_fault_pri15_4bpp 03387 p2111.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 pancam_cal_targ_L234567Rall 03387 p2418.32 0 0 0 0 0 0 pancam_drive_direction_4x1_L2R2 03387 p2546.32 0 0 0 0 0 0 pancam_Crystal_Creek_half_L234567Rall 03387 p2601.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 pancam_tau_L78R48 |
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Aug 4 2013, 02:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4251 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
It looks like we're just offshore from Solander now:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol3387 Perhaps time to start a new thread... |
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Aug 4 2013, 07:15 PM
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Aug 4 2013, 08:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: 3-January 10 Member No.: 5156 |
Woah! That's a dramatic and enticing looking hillside. Who back in 2004 would have imagined Opportunity being somewhere like this? After 10 years sailing over Meridiani Planum and diving into every crater along the way, Opportunity now have the chance to climb a montain. Still beyond all expectations. What else after that? Flying ... -------------------- Need more input ...
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Aug 4 2013, 08:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
Perhaps time to start a new thread... Yes, I think so. Not much to go in the new thread yet, but there probably will be soon; so let's go. As usual, discussion and images pertaining to earlier sols go in the appropriate threads; check the sol ranges in the topic subtitle. |
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Aug 14 2013, 07:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
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Aug 31 2013, 08:53 PM
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#401
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 14-December 12 Member No.: 6784 |
I have made an animated gif [7 MB] which shows the traverse of Opportunity from sol 3308-3364 covering the distance from Cape York to the area near Solander. The sequence uses only single Navcam frames so has a "motion stabilization" appearance. Solander itself is used as the reference point.
Here is the gif: http://i.minus.com/iZrZRs9SDA0yg.gif, I cannot guarantee how it will playback on your browser of choice. Attached directly to this post is an extremely small preview version. |
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Aug 31 2013, 09:14 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10184 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Nice! Is there a GIF viewer that allows the speed to be varied? In the browser it goes too fast to really concentrate on details.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Aug 31 2013, 09:44 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 14-December 12 Member No.: 6784 |
Phil, I'm not sure about gif viewers, but here is a slowed down version of the same sequence: http://i.minus.com/igeVhTRsQgYJS.gif
Ideally I would like to make a gif at native resolution (twice the resolution, 3 times the file-size) but this is impractical to share on the internet, and there are negative side-effects from rendering it as a video. |
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Aug 31 2013, 10:30 PM
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Sep 1 2013, 12:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Yes, it sure does. Considering the total distance traveled, it gives an extremely good idea of how the view would change over the course of a pleasant walk of a couple of kilometers from Cape York to Solander Point. I can just place myself there, strolling closer and closer to the Point.
Very nice work! -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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