Deep Impact's Coverage |
Deep Impact's Coverage |
Jul 1 2005, 11:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1276 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
Watching NASA TV on streaming video is Bloody hell. Just awful.
I hate pauses in the audio. |
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Jul 2 2005, 02:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jul 1 2005, 08:36 AM) Somehow it always seems the times of these events or the otpimum viewing locations are best suited for Africa or Eastern Europe, or some corner of Antarctica. This time however it's going to be 11:00 pm here in California (with clear skies in the off-chance there's something to see in my 4-inch off-the-shelf reflector). That will be just enough time to have a few drinks after putting the kids to bed. I can't wait! I'm the last one to tell someone to be a teetotaler, but in this case, be advised: alcohol decreases your sensitivity to dim light. Might want to start the drinks at 10:55! |
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Jul 2 2005, 06:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 124 Joined: 23-April 05 Member No.: 358 |
The first events are:
Deep Impact Mission Events Earth-receive time (in PDT) July 2, 11:07 p.m: Impactor released into comet's path July 3, 9:21 p.m.: 1st impactor targeting maneuver July 3, 10:17 p.m.: 2nd impactor targeting maneuver July 3, 10:39 p.m.: 3rd impactor targeting maneuver July 3, 10:52 p.m.: (+ or - 3 min.): Impact with Tempel 1 July 3, 11:05 p.m.: Flyby goes into shield mode July 3, 11:06 p.m.: Flyby's closest approach to Tempel 1 Watch webcast of these events: (all times PDT) Pre-impact update: July 3, 11 a.m. NASA TV encounter coverage: July 3, 8:30 p.m. Expected time of impact: July 3, 10:52 p.m. Post-impact briefing: July 4, 1 a.m. Post-impact press conference: July 4, 11 a.m. NASA TV:
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Jul 3 2005, 06:31 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
From Spaceflightnow.com:
0607 GMT (2:07 a.m. EDT) SEPARATION CONFIRMED! The impactor spacecraft has been deployed from the mothership for its 24-hour voyage to Comet Tempel 1! |
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Guest_BruceMoomaw_* |
Jul 3 2005, 06:36 AM
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So far, so good -- the Impactor was released (slightly jarring the main
craft off attitude, but it quickly recovered and is currently doing its deflection burn). The Impactor's own systems seem to be functioning perfectly. I've just learned that the main craft is actually scheduled to photograph the Impactor at 12:05 AM Pacific time, at a time when it's about 1.2 km from the main craft. I don't know which cameras they'll use; but even the MRI should give us a nice clearly recognizable shot of the Impactor at that distance, with a resolution of about 1 cm per pixel. |
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Guest_BruceMoomaw_* |
Jul 3 2005, 08:32 AM
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JPL has now confirmed that the main craft did indeed successfully photograph
the Impactor from about 1.25 km distance -- something they weren't sure would work. I presume it will be released, along with the first distant photos of Tempel from the Impactor itself, at the next press conference at 11 AM tomorrow morning Pacific time. |
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Jul 3 2005, 09:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
One picture is already press released. Looks like specular sunglint off the more or less unresolved vehicle. I can't see any details outside the flares next to the glint.
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Jul 3 2005, 04:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 124 Joined: 23-April 05 Member No.: 358 |
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Jul 3 2005, 04:35 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 81 Joined: 25-February 05 From: New Jersey Member No.: 177 |
When will the first images be downlinked? Where's the first place we'll be able to see them?
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Jul 3 2005, 05:03 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
There's a press conf in about an hour with the first post-release images - then from about 0230GMT, best thing it to watch NASA TV
Doug |
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Jul 3 2005, 06:05 PM
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The only problem with NASA press conferences is how long it takes them to get on to the subject of the conference or the science lol
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Jul 3 2005, 06:10 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 124 Joined: 23-April 05 Member No.: 358 |
I guess that I'm going to record that NASA TV's Deep Impact Coverage...
...so I do a torrent here... What do you think about it?? |
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Jul 3 2005, 06:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1276 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
^ Now that would be cool.
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Jul 3 2005, 06:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Real-time images, albeit at low-resolution, are available from NASA's DI website:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpa...tml?skipIntro=1 just click on the Image Viewer link So far nothing ...special. The images are just thumbnails of the originals. Also no HRI images (even blurry images would be interesting, you can always try an unsharp filter). -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Jul 3 2005, 07:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
Has someone a notion what we exactly see on this Image Viewer at the moment? What means this fragmentation in four different bright segments?
Hmm, in the meantime I guess they are different exposed pics and sometimes assemble to four pics in one. This post has been edited by Tman: Jul 3 2005, 08:13 PM -------------------- |
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