The world seems a better place.

Nic Name · 03-15-2002, 09:58 PM

30th Anniversary of Apollo 11

elSicomoro · 03-15-2002, 10:47 PM

Hey! Who took the other half?

BuckshotJones · 03-16-2002, 08:42 PM

Wait, where have all the stars gone?

juju · 03-17-2002, 10:33 AM

It's all a conspiracy -- this picture was taken in Arizona.

Nic Name · 03-17-2002, 10:35 AM

It's the daylight side of the earth ... the stars come out at night.

Bitman · 03-18-2002, 05:43 PM

I'd love to see that animated .. Watching the clouds appear and move and evaporate over the whole surface would be very cool.

Griff · 03-19-2002, 07:05 AM

I came across this site recently.

http://skyandtelescope.com/#

They have an interactive sky chart that you can use to find objects in the sky (I believe it covers only the US and Canada though). Apparently there is a naked eye comet (Ikeya-Zhang)out there right now... but its been cloudy here.

chrisinhouston · 03-19-2002, 12:31 PM

From the square format you can tell this was taken with one of the specially designed Hasselblad cameras that went on so many trips. They were designed to controls that were easy to use with the gloves of a space suit and were equiped with 70 mm film backs for extra exposures without a film change. NASA also experimented with some modified Nikons and Leicas. I imagine they are using mostly digital cameras now on space shuttle trips.

As I recall most of all the cameras were ditched on the moon so they could bring back rocks and the astronauts. Some day maybe a salvage crew will go there to get the cameras. It would be a neat trip, until they find a field of eggs with nasty aliens in them. Make a great plot for a movie. Right Mother? Sure Hal.

mitheral · 03-19-2002, 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by chrisinhouston
From the square format you can tell this was taken with one of the specially designed Hasselblad cameras that went on so many trips. They were designed to controls that were easy to use with the gloves of a space suit and were equiped with 70 mm film backs for extra exposures without a film change.

Probably the most valuable Hassys ever made. a good write up at http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi.../a11-hass.html Each of the special magazines coupled with thin film stock held 200 images.

Undertoad · 03-19-2002, 02:22 PM

Two weeks ago CNN was talking about the Hubble upgrades. They showed the optical disc jukebox (or whatever subsystem is inside that thingie the size of half a room) that holds ALL the Hubble data. They must have some sort of super-sensitive CCD digicam capturing the short end of the telescope. It couldn't be film, because the Hubble doesn't have a nearby 1-hour photo processing center.

I think the guy said it was 70 terabytes of data. So far.

verbatim · 03-19-2002, 03:44 PM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
I think the guy said it was 70 terabytes of data. So far.

Christ on a cracker! I'd love to get my hands on the "best of ..." part of that.

03-19-2002, 04:16 PM

HAHAHAHAHA. Christ on a cracker. I know this is way off topic, but man that cracked me up. Where did you hear that?

elSicomoro · 03-19-2002, 04:23 PM

Must be one of them Central PA things.

03-15-2002, 09:58 PM	#1
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	The world seems a better place. 30th Anniversary of Apollo 11

03-19-2002, 07:05 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Sky and Telescope I came across this site recently. http://skyandtelescope.com/# They have an interactive sky chart that you can use to find objects in the sky (I believe it covers only the US and Canada though). Apparently there is a naked eye comet (Ikeya-Zhang)out there right now... but its been cloudy here.

03-19-2002, 12:31 PM	#8
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Hasselblads in space From the square format you can tell this was taken with one of the specially designed Hasselblad cameras that went on so many trips. They were designed to controls that were easy to use with the gloves of a space suit and were equiped with 70 mm film backs for extra exposures without a film change. NASA also experimented with some modified Nikons and Leicas. I imagine they are using mostly digital cameras now on space shuttle trips. As I recall most of all the cameras were ditched on the moon so they could bring back rocks and the astronauts. Some day maybe a salvage crew will go there to get the cameras. It would be a neat trip, until they find a field of eggs with nasty aliens in them. Make a great plot for a movie. Right Mother? Sure Hal.

03-15-2002, 10:47 PM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Hey! Who took the other half?

03-16-2002, 08:42 PM	#3
BuckshotJones Questionist Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 8	Wait, where have all the stars gone?

03-17-2002, 10:33 AM	#4
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	It's all a conspiracy -- this picture was taken in Arizona.

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Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	It's the daylight side of the earth ... the stars come out at night.

03-18-2002, 05:43 PM	#6
Bitman cellar smellar Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: californy, baby! Posts: 403	I'd love to see that animated .. Watching the clouds appear and move and evaporate over the whole surface would be very cool.

03-19-2002, 02:22 PM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Two weeks ago CNN was talking about the Hubble upgrades. They showed the optical disc jukebox (or whatever subsystem is inside that thingie the size of half a room) that holds ALL the Hubble data. They must have some sort of super-sensitive CCD digicam capturing the short end of the telescope. It couldn't be film, because the Hubble doesn't have a nearby 1-hour photo processing center. I think the guy said it was 70 terabytes of data. So far.

03-19-2002, 04:16 PM	#12
dave Guest Posts: n/a	HAHAHAHAHA. Christ on a cracker. I know this is way off topic, but man that cracked me up. Where did you hear that?

03-19-2002, 04:23 PM	#13
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Must be one of them Central PA things.

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