Tommorow's APOD (Deep Impact)

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Tommorow's APOD (Deep Impact)

Post by makc » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:20 am

Well, today's say we might have "3 seconds before" images (unless I'm misinterpreting what it says). However, deep impact official server has published only

Image
6 minutes

and

Image
30 seconds

images. Am I looking in the wrong place?
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Post by makc » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:33 am

I mean in ImagePIA02125.MOV you can see more frames than that. But where are those stills?

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Post by Kim » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:33 am

I downloaded the 121530main_its_approach_x4.mov which shows a sequence from nothing in sight to seconds before impact, it's very impressive of course, but it would also be useful to know the time between frames so that a more accurate idea of the approach speed can be envisaged.

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Tommorow's APOD (Deep Impact)

Post by cherlin » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:15 pm

Approach and impact speed: 10.2 km/s. The times of the frames are listed with the individual images. Click on them at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepi ... ive_1.html

Pretty pictures are all very well, but when do we get the spectrograph data? When do we find out what the comet consists of?
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Post by makc » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:58 am

Same page I am talking about. They changed things, but stills are still not there. Image entitled "Almost There" now has another thumbnail

Image

but there's still wrong image when you click it - it doesn't differ much from

Image.
cherlin wrote:Pretty pictures are all very well, but when do we get the spectrograph data? When do we find out what the comet consists of?
They have now added some of that, too.

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Deep Impact Timing

Post by cherlin » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:05 am

makc wrote:Same page I am talking about. They changed things, but stills are still not there. Image entitled "Almost There" now has another thumbnail

[image is one post above, or click here]

but there's still wrong image when you click it - it doesn't differ much from

[image is one post above, or click here].
cherlin wrote:Pretty pictures are all very well, but when do we get the spectrograph data? When do we find out what the comet consists of?
They have now added some of that, too.
Thanks.

As to the picture timing:

Impactor Eyes Comet Target 7:44 Universal Time, July 3, 2005. This image was taken 1 hour and 37 minutes after the impactor was released from the flyby craft

Blinded by the Jets 30 minutes

Face-to-Face With a Comet Six minutes to impact

Hit Me With Your Best Shot 5 minutes

So Close You Can Almost Touch It 90 seconds

Before the Crash sixty seconds

Untouched Tempel 30 seconds

Almost There a few seconds

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Re: Deep Impact Timing

Post by Boldra » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:09 am

cherlin wrote: Face-to-Face With a Comet Six minutes to impact
The alt text on that image says "sixty seconds to impact". I don't know how many people rely on the alt text though; it's supposed to be for people who can't see the image. Why would you be interested in the site if you can't see the image?

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Re: Deep Impact Timing

Post by makc » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:21 am

cherlin wrote:Almost There a few seconds
You haven't read what I've said about that image, so do it. I want large stills of last frames of this animation: http://217.76.193.147/phpBB2/images/p.avi (152 KB, requires DivX 4+; or you may refer to quick time link I've posted above, but there are more frames, plus they are duplicated - 488.9 KB).

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Post by makc » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:09 am

still nothing here - BUMP!

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Post by craterchains » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:56 pm

I want my money back. :cry:
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Post by makc » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:03 pm

they have an update.

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Post by craterchains » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:44 am

I still want my money back,,, give it to the Cassini team,,, :wink:
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