Re: [Utah-astronomy] First Look at Mercurys Prev iously Unseen Side
Here's a nice computer enhanced version of the new Mercury farside image by lunar expert Chuck Wood, along with his commentary on some of the more obvious features. http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/LPOD+Jan+16%2C+2008 A wondferful, historic image. - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net
On 16 Jan 2008, at 01:51, Kurt Fisher wrote:
Here's a nice computer enhanced version of the new Mercury farside image by lunar expert Chuck Wood, along with his commentary on some of the more obvious features.
http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/LPOD+Jan+16%2C+2008
A wondferful, historic image.
- Kurt
WOW! Yes, very nice picture. The picture reminds me of the time many, MANY moons ago during my early days at Hansen Planetarium. Back then we didn't have any descent full hemispheric images of Mercury for use in our star shows. So we improvised and used a reversed picture of the Moon. I'd be willing to bet that lots of folks will mistake the new Mercury images for pictures of the Moon. patrick
Well, the far side of the moon, anyway... ;o) Was there any color imagery? On Jan 16, 2008 2:01 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
I'd be willing to bet that lots of folks will mistake the new Mercury images for pictures of the Moon.
On 16 Jan 2008, at 08:41, Chuck Hards wrote:
Was there any color imagery?
None that I've seen. Here's what's been released so far: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/mer_flyby1.html patrick
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