Mariner Mars 1964, Mariners 3 and 4 to Mars: imaging plans? |
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Mariner Mars 1964, Mariners 3 and 4 to Mars: imaging plans? |
 Dec 18 2010, 02:31 PM
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Solar System Cartographer  Group: Members Posts: 10153 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227  |
That was in the good old days when people used to cut and paste with scissors and glue.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Dec 24 2010, 09:47 AM
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I just found an old article in LIFE MAGAZINE (23 Jul 1965) containing a block of 6,000 digits.
After zooming the digits can be easily read.
I know that the transmission block consists of 1,281 + (-) 1 binary digits, so I should have no problem with the analysis of these data. Probably I should to recover nearly complete five lines of the image # 1. This will be good fun. I think that the results are today. -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html |
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Dec 24 2010, 02:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 568 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Silesia Member No.: 299 |
It was not very difficult.
Numerical data, lines 154 -158.
The same in graphically form. Contrast x 6, size x 5.
Data included in the scanned image.
I wish everyone a Merry Christmas. -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html |
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Dec 24 2010, 04:20 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
nice find Peter!
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Dec 24 2010, 05:27 PM
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Wow, nice work! That is a holiday treat!
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Apr 18 2011, 08:55 PM
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Well, the numbers are at mostly visible on this high resolution photo of the famous "paint by numbers" Mariner 4 first image:
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA14033 You need to open the full-res jpg to be able to read the numbers. Does anyone feel like typing them? -------------------- _______________________
www.astrosurf.com/nunes |
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Apr 18 2011, 10:56 PM
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The task would not be straightforward since the numbers are often faded or marked over. As a feasibility test, here's the red channel (which ignores most of the reddish coloring) of a small section of the image enhanced to bring out the numbers.
Anyone brave enough to try typing them all in would have several ways to cope with the dropouts. 1) Guestimate the value from the color coding, which provides a rough numerical value (perhaps aided by the surrounding values) 2) Look for the original document and try to read that (where is it. JPL perhaps?) 3) Guestimate the value it from the analog video image, which is better than nothing. This seems like a lot of effort, but the restored digital image would be a "unique historical artifact" FWIW. |
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Apr 18 2011, 11:34 PM
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It's in the hall of the Education and Comms offices at JPL.
I gigapanned it a few months ago - it didn't stitch as well as Dan Goods' stitch that's on the photojournal, but you might be able to bring out more numbers. http://gigapan.org/gigapans/68749/ |
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Apr 19 2011, 06:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 568 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Silesia Member No.: 299 |
QUOTE (SteveM @ Apr 18 2011, 10:56 PM)  This seems like a lot of effort, but the restored digital image would be a "unique historical artifact" FWIW. This is already done. I intended to publish it on the anniversary. http://www.petermasek.republika.pl/M04March2011.zip Enjoy ! 
-------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
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Apr 19 2011, 01:26 PM
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 IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2250 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
Wow!! This is a major improvement in quality over the old printed/scanned version. This is also a nice example of why I wish I could get my hands on the Pioneer 10 & 11 digital data (sadly that doesn't seem likely to happen).
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Apr 19 2011, 05:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
very very very cool!!!
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Apr 19 2011, 07:16 PM
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 Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Amazing!
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Apr 19 2011, 07:57 PM
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The effort people on this forum put into their work never ceases to amaze me. Well done!
Steve M |
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Apr 19 2011, 08:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
just one question (I don't know, you probably already answered that): what are the white areas?
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Apr 19 2011, 08:29 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10153 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Areas not legible on the original print?
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 PD: 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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