APOD: Crescent Neptune and Triton (2013 Apr 14)

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Croissant Neptune & Triton

Post by neufer » Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:26 pm

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Re: APOD: Crescent Neptune and Triton (2013 Apr 14)

Post by ta152h0 » Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:13 pm

too bad. I was going to simulate New Horizon's passage of Plutu with my truck but at 14 km/sec this might be a tall order. I was planning on photographing the 60 mph sign ( 88 feet per second ) going by at NH speeds.....time to have an ice cold one and just imagine
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Re: APOD: Crescent Neptune and Triton (2013 Apr 14)

Post by fausto.lubatti » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:14 am

Lovely image!

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Re: APOD: Crescent Neptune and Triton (2013 Apr 14)

Post by Roger » Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:07 pm

Did no one notice the reference to Neptune's "cloudy moon?" Neptune has no cloudy moons. Ain't no clouds on Triton.

As to why Triton's color is blue, well -- it is likely that this image was made in monochromatic light, because Neptune is almost all blue. That is, the cloudtops of Neptune are mostly blue. Consequently, monochromatic light, rendered blue here, will demonstrate Neptune's color well. So, the person who processed the image considered blue to be sufficient to display the true colors.

It was a mistake. Triton is not blue. Oops.

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Re: APOD: Crescent Neptune and Triton (2013 Apr 14)

Post by neufer » Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:06 pm

Roger wrote:
Did no one notice the reference to Neptune's "cloudy moon?" Neptune has no cloudy moons. Ain't no clouds on Triton.
  • Being ironical perhaps:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070304.html wrote:
Voyager 2 found fascinating terrain, a thin atmosphere, and even evidence for ice volcanoes on this world of peculiar orbit and spin.
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