Neptune Rings |
Neptune Rings |
Oct 16 2009, 03:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 6-March 07 From: houston, texas Member No.: 1828 |
No this is not faked! I put it together from a set of departure images. only about 10% or so involved use of a duplicate
image to fill a gap. It took a lot of heavy processing to suppress Neptune glare, which caused some of the spots to go oversaturated and some of the finer ring detail to wash out but its still a pretty pic. I dont think Triton was in the vicinity at the time, which would have been a real kicker. I made this in 1993 and its been lurking in my digital files ever since. its a wonder it didnt "disappear" with all the OS and platform changes since then. -------------------- Dr. Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX
http://stereomoons.blogspot.com; http://www.youtube.com/galsat400; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/schenk/ |
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Oct 18 2009, 12:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 30-January 05 Member No.: 162 |
Yes they are pretty much equatorial, however, Joseph Burns has noted there is some inclination in the outer edge, apparently related to the effects of the inclined orbit of Triton.
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Oct 18 2009, 03:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 6-March 07 From: houston, texas Member No.: 1828 |
Yes they are pretty much equatorial, however, Joseph Burns has noted there is some inclination in the outer edge, apparently related to the effects of the inclined orbit of Triton. Voyager 2 went right over the north pole so on its way out it took a southward plunge. you are looking at the south pole from behind. Something like some of the Cassini views of saturn. -------------------- Dr. Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX
http://stereomoons.blogspot.com; http://www.youtube.com/galsat400; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/schenk/ |
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