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fredk MSL - Astronomical Observations Jun 29 2013, 05:25 PM

Zelenyikot Phobos in martian sky http://www.youtube.com/watch... Jun 29 2013, 05:37 PM

iMPREPREX QUOTE (Zelenyikot @ Jun 29 2013, 12:37 PM... Jun 29 2013, 07:05 PM

Greenish QUOTE (iMPREPREX @ Jun 29 2013, 03:05 PM)... Jul 1 2013, 05:36 PM

Zelenyikot QUOTE (fredk @ Jun 29 2013, 06:25 PM) Wha... Jun 29 2013, 07:41 PM

djellison That's a cosmic ray hit. Jun 29 2013, 11:59 PM

Gerald Sol 351 Mastcam Right thumbnail time-lapse (magnif... Aug 3 2013, 12:09 AM

Zelenyikot QUOTE (Gerald @ Aug 3 2013, 01:09 AM) Dei... Aug 3 2013, 12:22 AM

Gerald Thank you very much, Zelenyikot! The enhanced ... Aug 3 2013, 01:04 AM

iMPREPREX Wow! A few full resolution images of Deimos an... Aug 3 2013, 10:34 AM

wildespace I think I'm seeing the large Stickney crater, ... Aug 3 2013, 11:23 AM

iMPREPREX That most certainly, to me, looks like the Stickne... Aug 3 2013, 11:32 AM

wildespace Here's a Stellarium screenshot, set for the pl... Aug 3 2013, 12:23 PM

Phil Stooke Sorry folks, I think you have your Phobos geograph... Aug 3 2013, 12:59 PM

iMPREPREX I trust and believe your words, Phil. But to me it... Aug 3 2013, 01:09 PM

Phil Stooke Here's a comparison - the map image is from he... Aug 3 2013, 03:40 PM

Zelenyikot I used Celestia and made these images. Aug 3 2013, 03:48 PM

iMPREPREX That's an incredible eye you have, Phil. Thank... Aug 3 2013, 03:51 PM

Zelenyikot QUOTE (iMPREPREX @ Aug 3 2013, 04:51 PM) ... Aug 3 2013, 03:57 PM

elakdawalla Remember that Phobos is synchronously rotating, ju... Aug 3 2013, 04:16 PM

ugordan There's also what appears to be faint "ma... Aug 3 2013, 05:08 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (ugordan @ Aug 3 2013, 10:08 AM) Do... Aug 3 2013, 05:17 PM

wildespace Zelenyikot's images of Phobos gave me an idea ... Aug 5 2013, 09:05 AM

Phil Stooke I'm sorry to say they are artifacts. There ar... Aug 5 2013, 11:49 AM

Phil Stooke This is a super-resolution composite of five frame... Aug 6 2013, 01:44 PM

fredk Nice! And a quick animation of the frames so ... Aug 6 2013, 01:52 PM

ugordan A few frames registered on Deimos and a few frames... Aug 6 2013, 04:10 PM

atomoid QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 6 2013, 05:52 AM) ..An... Aug 6 2013, 09:21 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (atomoid @ Aug 6 2013, 02:21 PM) ve... Aug 7 2013, 12:46 AM

atomoid QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Aug 6 2013, 04:46 PM)... Aug 8 2013, 12:30 AM

mcaplinger QUOTE (atomoid @ Aug 7 2013, 05:30 PM) Bu... Aug 8 2013, 12:47 AM

jmknapp The moons are so tiny, I've wondered if they... Aug 7 2013, 12:10 AM

paraisosdelsistemasolar It seems Curiosity taken some pics with different ... Aug 7 2013, 05:25 PM

fredk Regulus looks good. To bring out the fainter star... Aug 7 2013, 06:28 PM

fredk Update to the Leo pics with one new ML frame. Now... Aug 7 2013, 07:05 PM

paraisosdelsistemasolar With the MastCam Left frames and with the advice o... Aug 7 2013, 07:05 PM

fredk Here's a much improved attempt at extracting s... Aug 7 2013, 11:23 PM

iMPREPREX We're getting there with the moon shots! Aug 8 2013, 01:38 AM

atomoid It looks like we might eventually get the full swe... Aug 8 2013, 02:34 AM

Deimos Deimos and Phobos both orbit in the same direction... Aug 8 2013, 04:29 AM

fredk Adding to Deimos's comments, both those MR fra... Aug 8 2013, 04:44 AM

Zelenyikot Stellarium show it is Regulus. Sol 351 Aug 8 2013, 11:42 PM

atomoid So many hot pixels, some even masquerading as star... Aug 9 2013, 01:36 AM

Deimos The hot pixels that streak in the wrong direction ... Aug 9 2013, 02:05 AM

Gerald The 17 Sol 351 Mastcam Right Phobos images availab... Aug 10 2013, 10:37 AM

iMPREPREX Very nice. You've inspired me to take a crack ... Aug 10 2013, 11:23 AM

Gerald QUOTE (iMPREPREX @ Aug 10 2013, 01:23 PM)... Aug 10 2013, 07:45 PM

Zelenyikot Phobos and Deimos dance http://www.youtube.com... Aug 11 2013, 07:06 PM

Gerald Sol 363 Phobos transit with available 96x96 thumbn... Aug 15 2013, 06:00 PM

Gerald The Sol 351 Phobos/Deimos sequence is almost compl... Aug 16 2013, 03:02 AM

Phil Stooke Revisiting the Phobos images: http://mars.jpl.nas... Aug 16 2013, 03:18 PM

wildespace Interesting, the image shows that Phobos is approx... Aug 16 2013, 05:28 PM

djellison QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Aug 16 2013, 08:18 A... Aug 16 2013, 10:26 PM

stevesliva QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Aug 16 2013, 11:18 A... Aug 17 2013, 05:28 AM

fredk Phobos orbits so low that its angular size varies ... Aug 16 2013, 06:11 PM

Deimos I wonder how this happened? http://mars.jpl.nasa.... Aug 16 2013, 09:08 PM

Gerald The first reasonably resolved Sol 363 Phobos trans... Aug 20 2013, 08:30 AM

fredk We caught what appears to be a serious wind gust o... Aug 20 2013, 03:24 PM

PaulH51 QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 20 2013, 11:24 PM) We ... Aug 21 2013, 12:18 AM

fredk Full resolution view of the big gust, cropped and ... Aug 20 2013, 03:44 PM

Gerald QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 20 2013, 05:44 PM) Ful... Aug 20 2013, 08:20 PM

fredk I didn't realize they could trigger from REMS.... Aug 20 2013, 08:42 PM

Gerald QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 20 2013, 10:42 PM) All... Aug 20 2013, 10:57 PM

dvandorn Must it have been a dust cloud? The air at Gale h... Aug 20 2013, 11:37 PM

Deimos REMS cannot currently be used to trigger imaging. ... Aug 21 2013, 12:17 AM

dvandorn Are you saying that we could have been seeing the ... Aug 21 2013, 12:25 AM

jmknapp QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 20 2013, 08:25 PM) ... Aug 21 2013, 01:37 AM

Gerald First, for a better illustration of the filtering ... Aug 21 2013, 12:25 AM

elakdawalla No, dude, check it out: there was an eclipse, a go... Aug 21 2013, 12:41 AM

fredk Yeah, this image was simultaneous with the RLB seq... Aug 21 2013, 12:49 AM

vikingmars QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 21 2013, 02:49 AM) Yea... Aug 21 2013, 06:27 AM

Explorer1 Chalk up another amazing one for the team; feels l... Aug 21 2013, 12:56 AM

EdTruthan The eclipse thumbnails appear to indicate a maximu... Aug 21 2013, 02:34 AM

atomoid scroll down to get an idea about the size of Phobo... Aug 21 2013, 03:02 AM

Deimos MER never imaged the ground while imaging a transi... Aug 21 2013, 03:09 AM

fredk QUOTE (Deimos @ Aug 21 2013, 03:09 AM) ME... Aug 21 2013, 04:34 AM

Gerald "How wide would the shadow be?" There i... Aug 21 2013, 03:19 AM

Gerald In the meanwhile, six of the Sol 363 MR eclipse im... Aug 21 2013, 10:40 AM

fredk QUOTE (Gerald @ Aug 21 2013, 10:40 AM) We... Aug 21 2013, 03:05 PM

Gerald Bullseye! Aug 21 2013, 04:36 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (Gerald @ Aug 21 2013, 09:36 AM) Bu... Aug 22 2013, 12:38 AM

fredk Here's what I dreamed of doing 7 years ago - I... Aug 21 2013, 10:25 PM

elakdawalla Point a camera with a 5-degree FOV at a moving spe... Aug 22 2013, 02:03 AM

PaulH51 QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 22 2013, 10:03 A... Aug 22 2013, 02:28 AM

DeanM Quoting Emily: "Point a camera with a 5-degre... Aug 22 2013, 09:04 AM

Deimos QUOTE (DeanM @ Aug 22 2013, 09:04 AM) Ind... Aug 22 2013, 02:16 PM

fredk QUOTE (Deimos @ Aug 22 2013, 02:16 PM) MS... Aug 22 2013, 02:50 PM

john_s QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 22 2013, 07:50 AM) Why... Aug 22 2013, 03:26 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (john_s @ Aug 22 2013, 08:26 AM) I ... Aug 22 2013, 03:37 PM

Gerald QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 22 2013, 04:50 PM) Why... Aug 22 2013, 03:55 PM

fredk QUOTE (Gerald @ Aug 22 2013, 03:55 PM) go... Aug 22 2013, 05:01 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 22 2013, 10:01 AM) The... Aug 22 2013, 05:20 PM

Gerald A gyro could do the job. Aug 22 2013, 09:47 AM

Deimos I don't know if any flight Mastcam/Navcam test... Aug 22 2013, 05:49 PM

Gerald Begin and end of the Sol 369 eclipse: (magnified... Aug 23 2013, 05:57 PM

Deimos Personally, I'd love to have the cool images d... Aug 23 2013, 07:49 PM

Gerald Phobos silhouette inferred from 3 Sol 369 MR image... Aug 29 2013, 10:46 AM

Airbag What did you do to that image??? The original was ... Aug 29 2013, 11:07 AM

Gerald Squeezing out details which are not visible in a s... Aug 29 2013, 11:40 AM

Phil Stooke This is my version of combining the three transit ... Aug 29 2013, 12:56 PM

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