MSL - Astronomical Observations, Phobos/Deimos, planetary/celestial observations and more |
MSL - Astronomical Observations, Phobos/Deimos, planetary/celestial observations and more |
Jun 29 2013, 05:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4260 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
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Jun 29 2013, 05:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 23-October 12 From: Russia Member No.: 6725 |
Phobos in martian sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QaQ6TCWq-0 -------------------- My blog on Patreon
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Jun 29 2013, 07:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 161 Joined: 12-August 12 From: Hillsborough, NJ Member No.: 6546 |
Phobos in martian sky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QaQ6TCWq-0 That's awesome. I was wondering what that was! On my take of it, I enhanced the contrast and a haze can be seen. Is that indeed the atmosphere? -------------------- |
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Jun 29 2013, 07:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 23-October 12 From: Russia Member No.: 6725 |
That line may it be a spacecraft? -------------------- My blog on Patreon
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Jun 29 2013, 11:59 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
That's a cosmic ray hit.
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Jul 1 2013, 05:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 219 Joined: 14-November 11 From: Washington, DC Member No.: 6237 |
That's awesome. I was wondering what that was! On my take of it, I enhanced the contrast and a haze can be seen. Is that indeed the atmosphere? I subtracted the median of all frames and enhanced the contrast. I don't know enough to interpret it for sure, but it sure looks like very well defined clouds drifting by. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFa27WtnFHI (if you watch in HD it has the full resolution of the original 511x511 images, although there are some compression artifacts). |
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Aug 3 2013, 12:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2346 Joined: 7-December 12 Member No.: 6780 |
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Aug 3 2013, 12:22 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 23-October 12 From: Russia Member No.: 6725 |
-------------------- My blog on Patreon
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Aug 3 2013, 01:04 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2346 Joined: 7-December 12 Member No.: 6780 |
Thank you very much, Zelenyikot!
The enhanced two-image gif (based on NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) makes things more obvious. |
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Aug 3 2013, 10:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 161 Joined: 12-August 12 From: Hillsborough, NJ Member No.: 6546 |
Wow! A few full resolution images of Deimos and Phobos have come in. Here's my take at taking out the noise and leaving the moons.
Edited to add two more: a Mastcam 34 shot and a MastCam 100 shot of Phobos. -------------------- |
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Aug 3 2013, 11:23 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 238 Joined: 15-January 13 Member No.: 6842 |
I think I'm seeing the large Stickney crater, and possibly Reldresal crater too. What Phobos features can you see here?
-------------------- Curiosity rover panoramas: http://www.facebook.com/CuriosityRoverPanoramas
My Photosynth panoramas: http://photosynth.net/userprofilepage.aspx...;content=Synths |
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Aug 3 2013, 11:32 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 161 Joined: 12-August 12 From: Hillsborough, NJ Member No.: 6546 |
That most certainly, to me, looks like the Stickney crater. Man, that's awesome. Good looking out.
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Aug 3 2013, 12:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 238 Joined: 15-January 13 Member No.: 6842 |
Here's a Stellarium screenshot, set for the place, time, and the approximate field of view of the Mastcam shot. Some of the brighter stars are indicated, I wonder if image-processing wizards here can bring them out in the Mastcam shots.
http://www.pictureshack.us/images/87310_phobosdeimos2.jpg Also of interest may be the saturation-enhanced closeup of Phobos. I wonder is these colours are due to how Mastcam processed the image, or are they the real subtle colour variations of the surface. -------------------- Curiosity rover panoramas: http://www.facebook.com/CuriosityRoverPanoramas
My Photosynth panoramas: http://photosynth.net/userprofilepage.aspx...;content=Synths |
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Aug 3 2013, 12:59 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10256 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Sorry folks, I think you have your Phobos geography all tangled up. The clearly visible crater is Hall at the south pole, north is at left, Stickney is at the bottom, essentially invisible because the sun is shining straight into it. I will post a comparison image later when I can get to it. (turn that Viking image 180 degrees for an idea of what you're seeing, except the illumination is different)
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Aug 3 2013, 01:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 161 Joined: 12-August 12 From: Hillsborough, NJ Member No.: 6546 |
I trust and believe your words, Phil. But to me it did look like it could be Stickney in the image. I'm looking forward to seeing the comparison image because I couldn't find anything on Google.
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