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CASSINI ANIMATIONS |
 Jun 20 2006, 01:51 AM
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Junior Member  Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 30-November 05 Member No.: 592  |
Some nice ( IMHO) animations of some of the upcoming inclined orbits
for Rings have been posted. http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/wallis/ANIMATIONS.html the rev 77 segment is spectacular..... |
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Jun 20 2006, 05:44 AM
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Just a little piece of advice. The animations are best viewed using Quicktime 7.1 or later media viewer.
It has the new H264 compresion capability. -------------------- I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed.
- Opening line from episode 13 of "Cosmos" |
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Jun 20 2006, 08:33 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
"The animations are best viewed using Quicktime 7.1 or later media viewer."
My main computer is running Win98se. I have no desire to trash a well running system with a *lot* of "legacy software" by upgrading it to XP. QT 7x is not available in any form for 98se. Just be advised you need a younger OS for those versions of the clips. |
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Jun 20 2006, 08:47 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Google around for Quicktime Alternative and H264 and you can play these without.
FWIW - the H264 codec is well well worth it - it is superb - and something I'm seriously looking at w.r.t. HD MER stuff in the not to distant future ( cough ahem S1K celebration movie hint cough ahem ) Doug |
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Jun 20 2006, 01:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 159 Joined: 4-March 06 Member No.: 694 |
I have Windows XP Pro. I had to download Quicktime 7.1 from the Apple web site to view the animations.
I have seen all three animations. And I will say that Rev 77 will we worth the wait! -------------------- I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed.
- Opening line from episode 13 of "Cosmos" |
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Jun 20 2006, 02:35 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
The orbit 77 vantage point is awesome, though I would have preferred the movie used a constant FOV, this way the perspective is noticeably distorted around periapse.
What struck me most is just how big Saturn will appear to Cassini's cameras. It'll take many, many wide-angle footprints to cover the whole planet and rings. It's gonna make one helluva Kodak moment marking the end of primary mission! -------------------- |
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