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[elakdawalla]

Hayabusa's data has been released!

Press release: http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/snews/2007/0424.shtml
Site for data: http://hayabusa.sci.isas.jaxa.jp/

The release includes the AMICA (camera), NIRS, LIDAR, and XRS data, plus SPICE kernels and the shape model!!!

AMICA data (from http://hayabusa.sci.isas.jaxa.jp/amica.pl) is in FITS format. There is an observation log with basic information about each image, available through that link.

Unfortunately, I have to return to bed to attempt to overcome a bout of the flu so I can't play I knew this was coming yesterday and wanted to check for it and let you guys know about it. Have fun.

--Emily

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Emily, thanks for the work in making the data accessible with all the info needed for us who like to do a little image processing.

These are my results, based on the nice 16bit PNGs Color saturation is as in the original data, only gamma was adjusted and some unsharp mask was used.

Perhaps processed image such as these could be made accessible next to the raw data. For my part, these images can be used freely, just add "processed by R. Nunes" to the credits.

As for some other datasets, that's a great idea... perhaps it would be easier to start at the beginning, with older missions, because the data volume is lower and the images much less circulated in an accessible form. Off course, as discussed on other topics, much of the stuff doesn't even exist any more. Anyway, just three suggestions: Giotto and Vega, Phobos, Pioneer (PVO, 10, 11).

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