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Topic: Ever see the movie 2010?
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Lunatiki
Member Posts: 237
From: Amarillo, TX, USA
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 08-07-2008 09:11 PM
  
I thought I might share this with you guys. It will be on NASA's spaceweather.com within the next few days. I took 11 images of Jupiter the other night during a some what rare double transit and made them into an animation. You can see the moon Ganymede itself to the left and its shadow on Jupiter. Below it's shadow is the moon Callisto itself. The black spots reminded me of the movie 2010. Jupiter animation |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 08-07-2008 09:20 PM
Fantastic! |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 08-08-2008 02:13 AM
Lunatiki-Thanks for taking me back to my youth! -Lou |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 08-08-2008 11:44 AM
Very cool! Jupiter is just too low here in Seattle for a good shot at it this time around. I've tried, but it just looks like a jiggling water balloon most of the time. Plus, my neighbor needs to prune his tree next door since Jupiter hides behind branches. I'm almost considering offering to trim his tree for him!  What are the details of that image? Scope, camera...etc? Tom |
Lunatiki
Member Posts: 237
From: Amarillo, TX, USA
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 08-08-2008 01:57 PM
Thanks guys. Tom, it has been pretty low here too. In those images, it was between 24 and 30 degrees high. I've just been very lucky with seeing conditions as of late. I used a Celestron Nexstar 8i (gps) with Alt/AZ mount, a 2x barlow and my camera is a DBK21AF04.AS. Stacks of about 1000 frames in each image. |
Machodoc
Member Posts: 207
From: DE
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 08-08-2008 04:07 PM
Extremely cool and thanks!Yup, I've seen the movie, and also highly recommend not just that book, but Clarke's final entry of the trilogy "3001" where Frank Poole returns. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-08-2008 05:27 PM
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Originally posted by Machodoc:Clarke's final entry of the trilogy "3001" where Frank Poole returns.
Actually, "3001" was the fourth and final book. The third was called "2061." |
Machodoc
Member Posts: 207
From: DE
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 08-08-2008 05:38 PM
French you are absolutely right. How I forgot that one I'll never know since I have it and read it! |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 08-09-2008 12:56 AM
These images are rather cool I must say. One thing I regret is not having the budget right now to get a decent telescope and get into astronomy myself as the sky has some great wonders. As for the dark spot on Jupiter, if it starts to grow, make darn sure you LET us know ASAP!  As for Jupiter, sometimes I do wonder if in several billion years when the sun becomes a red giant if events might transpire to turn Jupiter into another sun, sort of like what happened in the movie 2010 with help from the monolith. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 08-12-2008 01:41 PM
Just remember "all these worlds are yours - except Europa - attempt no landings there" |
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