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MESSENGER ARRIVES, Mercury Orbit Insertion
HughFromAlice
post Mar 30 2011, 05:01 AM
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What a great achievement!!!

First historic pic from orbit - and since I always love to experiment and bring out as much detail as possible in photos just for my own interest - I did a false colour (+ a few other things) version during lunch which seemed worth posting. So here it is!! Haven't been here for a while but good to see everyone's passion and skills again :-)

Hi res 6 mb!! version at https://picasaweb.google.com/10220631534056...730326334840018

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post Mar 30 2011, 05:46 PM
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There's a link to the teleconference on this page now:
http://www.nasa.gov/news/media/newsaudio/index.html
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post Mar 30 2011, 06:00 PM
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Several new images have appeared here.


As for questions: where are the raw images posted?


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post Mar 30 2011, 06:32 PM
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No raw images for this mission, but their first delivery to the PDS will be just 6 months after orbit insertion, probably including 2 months worth of data.


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post Mar 31 2011, 05:05 AM
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First color image released:

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/scienc...r.coreg.rgb.png


Hopefully this is an approximation of 'natural'; if so, we're in for a real treat! smile.gif


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post Mar 31 2011, 06:45 AM
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I've actually been wondering, are the filters on the WAC as narrow as the graph below portrays? If so, how close to 'natural' is actually possible for the images?
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post Mar 31 2011, 01:33 PM
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I see no reason why the chart would be wrong. The aim is not to take 'natural' color photographs. The aim is to do science. Much like with MER and other spacecraft, you take those science filters and approximate a true color view using algorithms.

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post Mar 31 2011, 01:40 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 31 2011, 01:05 AM) *
Hopefully this is an approximation of 'natural'; if so, we're in for a real treat! smile.gif


I believe it's enhanced with the IR filters to bring out the blue/yellow shades. So, I don't believe it's what your eye would see if you were in MESSENGER's position.

Still a nice pic though!
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post Mar 31 2011, 01:42 PM
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It is what you might see if your eyes were properly designed to study the surface composition of Mercury. smile.gif


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post Mar 31 2011, 04:49 PM
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New pic!

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http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/scienc...mp;image_id=442


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post Mar 31 2011, 06:44 PM
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QUOTE (ZLD @ Mar 31 2011, 06:45 AM) *
I've actually been wondering, are the filters on the WAC as narrow as the graph below portrays? If so, how close to 'natural' is actually possible for the images?


Because Mercury's visible spectrum is pretty bland, I expect that using images from these narrowband filters to determine true color shouldn't be much harder than it would be for broadband filters.

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@ Phil: There's a lot going on in that image. Is that an ancient lava 'riverbed'? Also, what's with the linear streaking in that vicinity.

Oh, this is gonna be a fun mission!!!! smile.gif


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post Apr 1 2011, 02:10 AM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 31 2011, 10:02 PM) *
Also, what's with the linear streaking in that vicinity.


There would appear to be a lot of secondary impacts. I should look it up in Google Mercury and see if that makes sense...
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post Apr 1 2011, 07:28 AM
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Check the Wikipedia front page (April 1st).
Nice tribute in the news section.
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