okay, I know I'll pay for it in the morning, but I stayed up and shot about 100 raw frames of Mars tonight. Some look pretty good, so I'll wash them through the deconvoluter and try to post some tomorrow.
Didja see it? :)-->
(it'll look the same tomorrow night, too... :)--> )
The fool hath said in his heart, "PFAL is the Word of God..."
I work 3rd shift so star gazing is one of the few benefits. A few weeks ago I watched Mars "rise" from behind the dakside of a crescent moon. It would have made a beautiful picture through a telescope. I wonder if any amature astronomers caught it.
I haven't gone through processing all the images (it was 125MB of raw data), but here's one that looked promising:
That dark smudge in the center contains Vallis Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system. You can see the south polar ice cap and the blue glow through the northern atmosphere.
Compare it to the pics Hubble got a few hours earlier...(and you'll see why we spent all the money on Hubble.)
The fool hath said in his heart, "PFAL is the Word of God..."
quote:Explanation: Yesterday, at about 10 am Universal Time, Mars and Earth passed closer than in nearly 60,000 years. Mars, noticeably red, remains the brightest object in the eastern sky just after sunset. The best views of Mars, however, will continue to be from the robot spacecraft currently orbiting Mars: the Mars Global Surveyor and the Mars Odyssey. The current pass sparked the launching of four new spacecraft toward Mars, some of which will deploy landers early next year and likely return even more spectacular views of our planetary neighbor. Pictured above, Mars was photographed rising in the southeast behind Elephant Rock in the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA.
(Just like the event this celebrates, the casting down of the devil out of heaven, this one's for us.)
Anyone can see it. Like a street-light in the sky, it sweeps across the night-time sky just about from dusk to sunrise, southeast to southwest as noted in the first post.
I think it's especially neat that APOD picked this picture which was made by a guy in Nevada. (Sin may dwell here but also some wonderful love-ly people, bright stars in the dark nite, live in Nevada as well.)
Astronomy question: How long will we be able to watch Mars like this?
It will be this good until the end of September, but if you keep following it, you'll be able to see it until it gets lost in the glare of the sun. Even at greatest separation, Mars is still as bright as a 1st-magnitude star.
The fool hath said in his heart, "PFAL is the Word of God..."
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You gonna post some pics for us non-telescoped folks?????
Pretty please????
Jardinero
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Hey Zix!
Anything to add?
We just went out, but can't see anything yet.
J.
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Go out about 11pm local time. You should see it fairly easily unless there's a big tree or building to the southeast.
I'll try to get some pics...
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okay, I know I'll pay for it in the morning, but I stayed up and shot about 100 raw frames of Mars tonight. Some look pretty good, so I'll wash them through the deconvoluter and try to post some tomorrow.
Didja see it?
:)-->
(it'll look the same tomorrow night, too...
:)--> )
The fool hath said in his heart, "PFAL is the Word of God..."
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I went out about 11 and wouldn't you know? A storm front had moved in - - too cloudy! Boo hoo!
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I'm sure I'll see something the next few days once the clouds blow through.
Can't wait to see your shots! Thanks!
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I work 3rd shift so star gazing is one of the few benefits. A few weeks ago I watched Mars "rise" from behind the dakside of a crescent moon. It would have made a beautiful picture through a telescope. I wonder if any amature astronomers caught it.
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Yeah, ckeer. Where are those 70mm lens refractor telescope thinga-magiggies when you need them, eh?
The clouds finally cleared here, so I was able to see Mars just rising over the horizon a bit ago.
J.
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I haven't gone through processing all the images (it was 125MB of raw data), but here's one that looked promising:
That dark smudge in the center contains Vallis Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system. You can see the south polar ice cap and the blue glow through the northern atmosphere.
Compare it to the pics Hubble got a few hours earlier...(and you'll see why we spent all the money on Hubble.)
The fool hath said in his heart, "PFAL is the Word of God..."
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VERY cool, Zix. I've never seen the ice cap below. Going to check out the Hubble shots. BRB.
I'll look forward to seeing your end result once you mess with it. Thanks for sharing!
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Wow! these are great. I've never checked out this site before. Here let me put them here for everyone to see.
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/2003/22/image/f/[/img]
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From APOD: 8/27/03 picture of the day:
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Mars-watching is really for all of us.
(Just like the event this celebrates, the casting down of the devil out of heaven, this one's for us.)
Anyone can see it. Like a street-light in the sky, it sweeps across the night-time sky just about from dusk to sunrise, southeast to southwest as noted in the first post.
I think it's especially neat that APOD picked this picture which was made by a guy in Nevada. (Sin may dwell here but also some wonderful love-ly people, bright stars in the dark nite, live in Nevada as well.)
Astronomy question: How long will we be able to watch Mars like this?
Hopefully,
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It will be this good until the end of September, but if you keep following it, you'll be able to see it until it gets lost in the glare of the sun. Even at greatest separation, Mars is still as bright as a 1st-magnitude star.
The fool hath said in his heart, "PFAL is the Word of God..."
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It is getting earlier in it's sweep across the nite sky.
But i keep missing it's set. What time do I need to get up to see it set in the morning?
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It sets at 05:46 am tomorrow.
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