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Mars Image
Space Imaging ^

Posted on 09/03/2003 8:39:47 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer

Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite imaged the planet Mars.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crevolist; imaging; mars; space
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To: RadioAstronomer
Well, we have had the Man on the Moon for a long time, it's about time we got a Bronc Rider on Mars.
61 posted on 09/03/2003 11:09:42 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: MHGinTN
Toast them with your Pepsi, RA.

Toast raised :-)

62 posted on 09/03/2003 11:10:56 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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To: jwalsh07; arasina
Well, we have had the Man on the Moon for a long time, it's about time we got a Bronc Rider on Mars.

I thought it was way cool also. :-) I grew up in Wyoming. :-)

63 posted on 09/03/2003 11:12:46 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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To: RadioAstronomer; general_re
Speaking of "Geeks gone wild", at my old alma mater, I was pres of the Astronomical Society, and we had unlimited access to the telescope atop the geology building. Ahem..one night, as I was checking the telescope prior to a sky show for the local Boy Scout troop, I happened to observe that the college dorms were readily viewable from our little observatory. 'Nuff said.
64 posted on 09/03/2003 11:13:21 PM PDT by Aracelis
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To: RadioAstronomer
However, I have never even sat on a horse! LOLOLOL
65 posted on 09/03/2003 11:13:28 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Wow! Excellent!
66 posted on 09/03/2003 11:14:37 PM PDT by Aracelis
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To: Piltdown_Woman
I happened to observe that the college dorms were readily viewable from our little observatory

ROFL! Of course as president you immediately put stops in the mount so it could not point in that direction! /sarcasm off>

67 posted on 09/03/2003 11:18:31 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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To: RadioAstronomer
Dusted off the 25 year old equatorial mounted 6" reflector the other night and finally gave Mars a look (monsoon weather has hampered viewing) A very good sighting, much better than back in 83 when it was real good. Didn't plug in the drive, which I've never been able to counterbalance to be correct.

Saw good S. cap detail, and a suprising amount of black detail across the disc. Gotta do some more viewing, just wish I had a much more compact design.
68 posted on 09/03/2003 11:18:44 PM PDT by Central Scrutiniser (Does humor belong on internet discussion boards?)
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To: RadioAstronomer
Of course as president you immediately put stops in the mount so it could not point in that direction! /sarcasm off>

Why, the thought never occ...uh...why Yes, of course I did! ;^)

69 posted on 09/03/2003 11:21:04 PM PDT by Aracelis (Red-blooded American girl)
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To: Central Scrutiniser
A very good sighting, much better than back in 83 when it was real good.

Whooohoooo! :-) I am going to do the same this weekend. :-)

70 posted on 09/03/2003 11:21:52 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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Well, its time for me to poof for a bit. Will be on tomorrow. :-)

Thank you everyone for comng on the thread! :-)))

71 posted on 09/03/2003 11:23:16 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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To: Piltdown_Woman
Thanks. That shot took two nights staying up until about 2:30 in the morning. During those two nights I took about 50 or so exposures. We had a good time and the neighbors thought it was great, but after trying to compose about 50 shots of the planet, changing exposure times, changing eyepieces, focusing, refocusing, etc, I was a little burned out. LOL.
72 posted on 09/03/2003 11:23:17 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Joe Hadenuf
I have a home-built...but never enough money for an equatorial mount. Sigh!
73 posted on 09/03/2003 11:24:58 PM PDT by Aracelis
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To: RadioAstronomer
Well, I just fixed my digital camera, I found I can make some real quick and easy digital photos over the eyepiece if I turn off the flash. Got a few good Jupiter photos last year, took them into Photoshop (which I know about 2% of) and cleaned them up quite well.

Maybe tommorow night I'll try to get some good snaps.
74 posted on 09/03/2003 11:29:28 PM PDT by Central Scrutiniser (Does humor belong on internet discussion boards?)
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To: RadioAstronomer
lol......What's with all the hoopla over the recent photos of Mars?  These photos are....ok.  I guess.  The recent Hubble photos are....ok.  I guess.

You want to see photos of Mars?  Check out the Viking images

 

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75 posted on 09/03/2003 11:29:31 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny
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To: Piltdown_Woman
I owned about 8 scopes in the past, all were used. The one I currently own, is the first new scope I ever owned. Computer controlled with an on board data base of about 65,000 objects is way cool and a lot of fun to use.
76 posted on 09/03/2003 11:33:54 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Joe Hadenuf
A friend of mine learned how to grind lenses and so forth at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. He hand-builds telescopes now for a living. I have his first creation, and it is magnificent.
77 posted on 09/03/2003 11:37:32 PM PDT by Aracelis
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To: Piltdown_Woman
I would bet it is.
78 posted on 09/03/2003 11:44:18 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Piltdown_Woman
That's almost a lost science and art.
79 posted on 09/03/2003 11:45:10 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Indeed it is...but Fred is dedicated. He even built his own full scale dark sky observatory, utilizing (as I always imagined) the top of a silo as the dome. Gads, that thing is incredible! Got my first really good look at the Lagoon Nebula through that scope, even saw the colors! He used the last available pieces of glass from the Apollo missions for his lenses. Wish I had a photo of it now, you'd be impressed.
80 posted on 09/03/2003 11:50:15 PM PDT by Aracelis
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