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dilo

Jan 31 2006, 06:56 AM

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Look at the sequence starting with this image.
There are two very bright stars rising in the dawn light.
Using Solar System simulator, I strongly suspect they are Earth and Jupiter... look at the following comparison with one subframe rotated/rescaled at the same scale:

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dilo Earth+jupiter From Meridiani? Jan 31 2006, 06:56 AM

Sunspot Yes, the data tracking site listed "Jupiter -... Jan 31 2006, 09:27 AM

dilo Thanks, Sunspot. This make me happy and I cannot r... Jan 31 2006, 08:44 PM

Shaka QUOTE (dilo @ Jan 31 2006, 10:44 AM)Thanks, S... Jan 31 2006, 09:49 PM

dilo This is for you, Shaka (good italian, where do ... Jan 31 2006, 10:05 PM

Shaka QUOTE (dilo @ Jan 31 2006, 12:05 PM)This is f... Jan 31 2006, 10:26 PM

dilo QUOTE (Shaka @ Jan 31 2006, 10:26 PM)Giallo, ... Jan 31 2006, 10:55 PM

RGClark QUOTE (dilo @ Jan 31 2006, 10:55 PM)Thanks, b... Feb 1 2006, 12:28 AM

mars loon QUOTE (dilo @ Jan 31 2006, 10:55 PM)This is a... Feb 2 2006, 10:50 PM

djellison and...AND...according to Jim - Venus at some point... Jan 31 2006, 09:28 PM

dilo Damn, Doug, you are right!!! I didn... Jan 31 2006, 09:46 PM

RNeuhaus According to the following URL using the view from... Jan 31 2006, 10:18 PM

odave Wow, what an inspiring image. I started pondering... Feb 1 2006, 01:07 AM

Airbag As cool and inspiring as these new images are, the... Feb 1 2006, 02:45 AM

dilo Correct, Airbag. The PanCam pixel is slightly larg... Feb 1 2006, 05:52 AM

dilo Now on TPS site... thanks for this honor, Emily... Feb 1 2006, 07:57 PM

Nix Nice planetary portrait Marco! Nico Feb 2 2006, 11:09 PM

Zeke4ther What I think would be cool would be the day we cou... Feb 9 2006, 07:01 PM

Bubbinski What would be even COOLER still is if I could take... Feb 15 2006, 01:33 AM

dilo look at the last colour triplet from Oppy Pancam (... Jul 2 2006, 08:01 PM

Pavel QUOTE (dilo @ Jul 2 2006, 04:01 PM) EDIT:... Jul 3 2006, 06:47 PM

ustrax I love Dilo! Jul 3 2006, 07:20 PM

Shaka QUOTE (ustrax @ Jul 3 2006, 09:20 AM) I l... Jul 3 2006, 08:50 PM

ustrax QUOTE (Shaka @ Jul 3 2006, 09:50 PM) Run ... Jul 3 2006, 08:53 PM

dilo Hey, you know that sometime enthusiasm can bring t... Jul 3 2006, 09:06 PM

ustrax QUOTE (dilo @ Jul 3 2006, 10:06 PM) Hey, ... Jul 3 2006, 09:15 PM

dilo QUOTE (ustrax @ Jul 3 2006, 09:15 PM) I k... Jul 3 2006, 09:24 PM

dilo QUOTE (ustrax @ Jul 3 2006, 09:15 PM) Hey... Jul 6 2006, 07:29 PM

djellison Well - 1231 local time aquisition - so it'd be... Jul 2 2006, 08:18 PM

Stu STUNNING Dilo, just stunning... can't wait to ... Jul 2 2006, 10:28 PM

dilo QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 2 2006, 10:28 PM) STUNNI... Jul 3 2006, 05:43 AM

Stu Ah, ok... I was half asleep... still a nice pic th... Jul 3 2006, 05:55 AM

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