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Started by Suu, May 09, 2008, 03:30:57 PM

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#90
May 23, 2009, 10:53:32 AM
Quote from: LMNO on May 21, 2009, 05:04:05 PM
Well, ok, but the number of megapixels in a camera doesn't guarantee a high-quality picture because the quality of the lens and other components are also important.



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#91
September 29, 2010, 02:50:29 PM
BUMP.



That's a real composite image from Cassini, by the way, not an artist's rendition.
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Suu

#92
September 29, 2010, 03:21:24 PM
Damn this thread...



Infrared of Uranus and moons Titania, Umbriel, Miranda, Ariel, and Oberon from 2002. It's kinda cool how the infrared makes the rings pop when they're usually invisible.
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Jasper

#93
September 30, 2010, 01:59:28 AM
The previous one, is that UV light surrounding it?

Kai

#94
September 30, 2010, 02:23:56 AM
Quote from: Sigmatic on September 30, 2010, 01:59:28 AM
The previous one, is that UV light surrounding it?

The Saturn or Uranus? Pretty sure the Saturn is visible only.
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#95
September 30, 2010, 02:26:45 AM
Saturn.  I was curious because that fluffy white stuff around the outside looks unreal.

If it's visible only, that's amazing.  What is that stuff?  I don't know.  All I know is that it looks like magic.

Kai

#96
September 30, 2010, 02:29:46 AM
Quote from: Sigmatic on September 30, 2010, 02:26:45 AM
Saturn.  I was curious because that fluffy white stuff around the outside looks unreal.

If it's visible only, that's amazing.  What is that stuff?  I don't know.  All I know is that it looks like magic.

It's glare, mostly. The planet's a damn big ball of reflective gas and ice. Think of how the Pale Blue Dot has Earth suspended in lens flare.
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#97
September 30, 2010, 02:38:08 AM
Okay, yeah I can see that.  It's still quite striking.

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#98
September 30, 2010, 02:38:40 AM
Heard something interesting on the science channel today. Apparently, Saturn's ring system is going to start disappearing, but around that same time, one of Neptunes moons (Triton, I think), will be ripped appart and form a significant ring system for Neptune.

Now that would be the best of all the gas giants. Turbulence like Jupiter (creating spots), Neptune's pretty methane color, and a Saturn like ring system.

Granted, this is in about a billion years, but it's nice to picture.
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#99
September 30, 2010, 03:06:11 AM
It's true. Every planet in the solar system is cooler than us.

Well...Except for Venus and Mercury. :rimshot:

Here's a beautiful enhanced photo of Venus:



I remember being able to look out my telescope early in the morning and get great shots of Venus, sometimes as clear as this shot from Galileo:



I don't know why I fell out of love with astronomy...Probably because I realized it was 90% fucking math.
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