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tedstryk
post Aug 19 2010, 01:07 AM
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Very nice work.


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post Aug 19 2010, 02:58 AM
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Ditto.

Im enjoying this thread, and enjoying the better press Uranus is finally getting lately (jokes aside, I think the active equinox atmosphere has helped silence the 'totally bland' press the planet has had since 1986).

Back to the moons. I wonder (Wunda? rolleyes.gif ) how many decades it will be before we get a better peek at Umbriel's strange Wunda? Looks very Iapetaen.

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post Aug 19 2010, 07:32 AM
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QUOTE (machi @ Aug 19 2010, 02:08 AM) *
Three images of Titania.

Is the color shift to red/pink near the terminator real or an artifact?


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post Aug 19 2010, 10:34 AM
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Ted: Thanks!

Antipode:
I'm always enjoying work with Uranus moons, I hope this is another small piece of work which leads to support new mission to these strange lands.
"Wunda? Looks very Iapetaen" I think so too smile.gif.

Ugordan:
All three images shares same color data from medium resolution image.
I used different processing technique to highest resolution image which leads to slightly bigger color differences.
So I think color shift is real, but slightly more enhanced than on another two images (and terminator regio isn't so good visible on these two images).


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tedstryk
post Aug 19 2010, 05:26 PM
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I have also noticed the color shift.


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post Aug 19 2010, 05:49 PM
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It looks like a calibration artifact at first, but then if you look closer it looks like an albedo feature as it extends clockwise all the way to the sunlit limb at 5 o'clock. I think that's the most color variation I've seen on Uranus' moons.


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post Aug 19 2010, 05:58 PM
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You see? THIS is why I love UMSF so much... You Image Mages delve into the misty archives, drop the old, forgotten images dumped there into your cauldrons, give a good stir and whumpf! out come amazing new views of these distant worlds... ohmy.gif

Many thanks for sharing these beautiful pics, guys.


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post Aug 19 2010, 07:32 PM
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Ugordan, Tedstryk:
In case of color shift near the terminator, I think that's combination of imperfections of calibration (which are more evident at low brightness level) and real surface color. I looked at maps and redder hemisphere is around 90° longitude. I think it's the leading hemisphere.

Stu:
Image Mage, nice phrase smile.gif
"forgotten images dumped there into your cauldrons"
My secret ingredient is bat's ear but keep it under your hat smile.gif

Last in set - Oberon.
Resampled at 3 km/pix. Real resolution 7 km/pix.
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post Aug 22 2010, 04:44 PM
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Here's a color version of Titania using calibrated data from the PDS rings node:
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Left is gamma-correct, right is contrast enhanced.
While that calibrated data set is known to have calibration issues and is not the greatest quality Voyager ISS data set in the world, it appears to be missing the color shift around the terminator.

Taking a quick look in green+violet (as well as using clear as an effectively 460 nm filter) color of all the moons, Miranda, Ariel and Umbriel appear to be effectively grey (Umbriel the most), while Oberon and Titania have that slight brownish tint to them.


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post Nov 10 2010, 02:39 PM
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Machi´s version of the Oberon data set can be used to add a tiny bit of coverage along the terminator of Steve Albers´ map. I assume the color processing is different and just roughly adjusted the brightness.
While I´m at it, here´s a quick reprojection of the Titania nightside coverage dicovered by Ted Stryk onto Steve´s map (looks slightly mismatched, but dayside features line up in this position).
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post Apr 13 2011, 04:01 PM
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Anaglyph of Titania. It's based on synthetic frame between last two high resolution Voyager images of Titania.
Edges were removed.
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post Apr 13 2011, 04:27 PM
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QUOTE (machi @ Apr 13 2011, 10:01 AM) *
Anaglyph of Titania.

The fractures certainly stand out. A bit more topographic height than I would have expected. Neat.
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post Apr 14 2011, 08:56 PM
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Cross-eye stereo image of Titania. Synthetic image is more precise than that one in previous anaglyph.
Resampled to ~2 km/pix. Edges were cropped from synthetic image.
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post Apr 15 2011, 01:01 AM
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Daniel, you're a wizard. These are AMAZING.


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Agreed, this is amazing. Interestingly the anaglyph reveals that the surface is a bit depressed farther away from the big fracture than can be easily seen in the original imagery.

I want a Uranus orbiter! ;-)
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