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by EdieB
Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:41 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: RBSP Night Launch (2012 Sep 02)
Replies: 23
Views: 3464

Re: APOD: RBSP Night Launch (2012 Sep 02)

Were the two exposures misaligned? The trail reflection is going the wrong way (right) while the liftoff is going left. Might be hard to explain but do you see what I mean? The water surface should act like a mirror. Both the trail in the air and the trail in the water were captured in the same exp...
by EdieB
Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:59 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: RBSP Night Launch (2012 Sep 02)
Replies: 23
Views: 3464

Re: APOD: RBSP Night Launch (2012 Sep 02)

Were the two exposures misaligned? The trail reflection is going the wrong way (right) while the liftoff is going left. Might be hard to explain but do you see what I mean? The water surface should act like a mirror. Multiple exposures in cases like this usually means stacked, not stitched. Digital...
by EdieB
Sun Sep 02, 2012 3:19 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: RBSP Night Launch (2012 Sep 02)
Replies: 23
Views: 3464

Re: APOD: RBSP Night Launch (2012 Sep 02)

Hmm, that looks like a (almost) new moon just under the arc of the rocket's trail, which is in the right place for an eastward looking view, pre-dawn. But the moon was full on Friday (8/31/12), so is that not the moon, or what? Please explain. That does resemble a crescent moon, doesn't it? But I w...