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Deep Impact sees Moon transiting Earth, Amazing animation... |
 Jul 17 2008, 07:54 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
Guys, you've just got to take a look at this...
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/fea...xi_transit.html  -------------------- |
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Jul 17 2008, 08:21 PM
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 Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4407 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Oh, to get my hands on the raw data and try to focus it....
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Jul 17 2008, 08:59 PM
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That's sweet stuff! All it needs is a little focus
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Jul 18 2008, 02:35 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Holy smokes! That was cool!
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jul 18 2008, 03:07 AM
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Any way to get the individual images?
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Jul 18 2008, 03:31 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Suh-WEET!!!
Gotta say that despite the blurring that's pretty good resolution from 31 million miles of the Earth's surface though atmosphere (was it miles or km? Think the former.)EDIT: Yep- miles. 49.6 million kilometers. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 18 2008, 11:18 AM
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I saw the two movies and they're great. In the last few years spacecraft have seen lots of planetery transits from some really strange places and angles. This is a product of actually launching real missions to these places. My favourite spacecraft observed planetary transit is the TRACE mission doing the 2004 transit of Venus.
-------------------- I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed.
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Jul 18 2008, 01:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3652 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
I can realize why everyone always chooses the non-gamma correct versions of Earth images by spacecraft as they provide for greater contrast, but I've always been a sucker for making them look closer to what the eye would see. Something like this:
 Original snapshot nicked from Emily's blog. In addition to bringing the sky color to the brighter, hazier one we see from down here as well (it's still the same sky, whether we're looking down on it or up!), it automatically takes care of that intense brown hue the Moon always gets from spacecraft. Also, the Moon (as well as the Earth) gets the well-defined terminator we see from the ground, not a slow fade into darkness. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I find the above version more aesthetically pleasing. -------------------- |
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Jul 18 2008, 02:55 PM
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Jul 18 2008, 09:40 PM
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I think the thing that most interests me about these movies is the relative size of the Moon. Yes, I know the numbers and know that as far as moons go 'ours' is a big one. But seeing the Moon transit makes it appear quite small after all.
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Jul 23 2008, 09:05 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Jul 23 2008, 10:27 PM
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Genius!
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Jul 23 2008, 10:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
That's our Stu! High fives and another round on the IOU tab.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jul 24 2008, 01:30 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Congrats to our Poet Laureate again, who may well be remembered & studied in distant times as the only prose writer to document the early days of our ultimate spread beyond Earth...
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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