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Posts Made By: Maurice Clark

September 19, 2006 09:03 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

STS-125 - NASA's Flight Of Opportunity

Posted By Maurice Clark
Looks like the final Hubble servicing mission will be going ahead!! It has now appeared on the Space Shuttle manifest. grin

Flagship mission STS-125, better known as the final Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, has officially entered NASA's flight manifests as the "Flight Of Opportunity."

More here.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=4816

Great news for astronomers.

Cheers,

Maurice

September 20, 2006 01:42 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

New ring for Saturn

Posted By Maurice Clark
Latest images back from Cassini have revealed a new ring around Saturn.

Full details here: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2006-110

Cheers,

Maurice

September 22, 2006 02:01 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Pluto Humour

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi all,

These were posted to a mailing list I subscribe to. The first one in particular I find very funny.

Cheers,

Maurice

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnNews:Bush_administration:_Earth_only_Planet_that_Really_Matters


http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnNews:Astronomers_Drop_Pluto_After_Erratic_Behavior


http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnNews:Iran_defies_IAU%2C_maintains_that_Pluto_is_a_planet


http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnNews:Midgets_outraged_at_Pluto%27s_new_%22dwarf%22_status

September 22, 2006 09:09 PM Forum: Sports

US having trouble with the Russians!!

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi all,

Looks like USA sports teams are having a few problems with the Russians lately! wink

http://www.fiba2006brazil.com/noticias.asp?l=en&n=189

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/5360714.stm

Sorry, couldn't resist. Feel free to sling off and any Aussie teams not doing so well! grin

Cheers,

Maurice

September 25, 2006 01:45 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Painting the Moon

Posted By Maurice Clark
Here is someone who has some imagination when it comes to eclipse photography!! grin

http://www.photoastronomique.net/galerie_us.php?id=12

I love his idea of painting the Moon!

Cheers,

Maurice

September 27, 2006 01:37 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

First Jupiter piccie from New Horizons

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi all,

Just released, the first image of Jupiter from New Horizons. Not a bad image considering that New Horizons will not reach Jupiter until next February!!!!

Cheers,

Maurice

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/092606_1.html

October 1, 2006 10:06 PM Forum: Politics

China next on the list????

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi all,

Anyone seen this report?

http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=14049

WASHINGTON, DC. September 26, 2006 - Yesterday Congressman Rohrabacher (R-CA), a senior member of the Science Committee and former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, criticized NASA Administrator Michael Griffin's current visit to China as an ill-timed effort to increase Sino-American space cooperation. Rohrabacher referred to recent reports of the Chinese testing firing high powered lasers with the ability to blind U.S. spy satellites as "another example of why China should be considered an enemy instead of a partner."

Seems like some people are always trying to pick a fight! :S After all, I seem to recall a few exercises in space co-opperation between the USA and the USSR, even during the cold war when it was clear who was whom's enemey! Or is this just pre-election grandstanding?

Cheers,

Maurice

October 5, 2006 02:08 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Giant image on display at Griffith Obs.

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi all,

A giant image taken at the Palomar Observatory has been placed on display at the Griffith Observatory. Covering a section of the Virgo cluster, the picture was produced by Caltech astronomers.

The great cosmic panorama, named The Big Picture, is 152 feet long by 20 feet high, and it covers the entire wall of the Richard and Lois Gunther Depths of Space exhibit hall at Griffith Observatory. It is displayed on 114 steel-backed porcelain enamel plates

That is what I call BIG!!! 8O

"We wanted to inspire the public and convey the richness of the deep universe and its understanding, and to do it with a real scientific data set," says Djorgovski. "We are doing research with these data, but there is also a sense of beauty and awe, which is important to communicate, especially to young people."

More information is here:

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=20979

To see the picture, scroll down to the bottom and click on the "media" link. There you can download the image and a number of sections. If your internet connect can handle it, download the full-sized jpgs, (up to 14 Mgb! 8O They must have been looking at the latest MRO images. wink ) they show impressive detail.

The display opens to the public in early November.

Cheers,

Maurice

October 6, 2006 05:23 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

Oppy from space

Posted By Maurice Clark
Hi all,

In a press confrence today, the MER and MRO teams released a colour photo of Victoria crater taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

http://hiroc.lpl.arizona.edu/images/TRA/TRA_000873_1780/

The detail if amazing. If your ISP can handle it, then download the full-sized version of the image. (over 16Mb! 8O ) If not, the browse image is still very good. Opportunity is easily visible near the crater's edge, but what I find particularly interesting are all the rocks on the crater floor that have broken away from the cliffs. If they can get the rover down inside, I think they will be there for quite some time!

That is some camera they have on that spacecraft!!!! Herb, when do you expect to have them in stock!!! grin

Cheers,

Maurice

PS: forgot to add the thumbnail. (Yes the image below is what the MRO team call a thumbnail!!!!! 8O )

October 11, 2006 10:06 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

Dark Rings

Posted By Maurice Clark
Words fail me for this shot!!!!! 8O

Unbelieveable!

Maurice

Details here: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08329

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