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robear

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Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« on: May 14, 2009, 07:42:04 PM »
Amazing image.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/3531410425/sizes/o/

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In this tightly cropped image, the NASA space shuttle Atlantis is seen in silhouette during solar transit, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, from Florida. This image was made before Atlantis and the crew of STS-125 had grappled the Hubble Space Telescope.   Photo Credit: (NASA/Thierry Legault)
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2009, 09:08:41 PM »
Now that's a good heatshield.
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2009, 09:34:14 PM »
Thats a rather large amount of depth of field on the hubble's lens
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2009, 10:15:57 PM »
I don't think Hubble took that picture.  And it is a good heatshield, but it's a solid 95,000,000 miles between the foreground and background.
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2009, 10:23:14 PM »
"Faster! Faster!"  :laugh:

Quote from: Harold Tuttle on May 14, 2009, 09:34:14 PM
Thats a rather large amount of depth of field on the hubble's lens
Hubble's right here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/3531350583/
« Last Edit: May 14, 2009, 10:28:59 PM by Fistful Savalas »
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2009, 10:26:33 PM »
...and their tans were fabulous.....   :cool:
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2009, 10:48:43 PM »
Takahashi TOA-130 refractor (diameter 130mm, final focal 2200mm), Baader solar prism and Canon 5D mark II. Exposure of 1/8000s at 100 ISO, extracted from a series of 16 images (4 images/s) started 2s before the predicted time.
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2009, 12:35:33 AM »
I wonder what the SPF factor would have to be for sunblock .... that close..... =D :O
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2009, 12:58:41 AM »
Nice find.  From that same site comes my new desktop background:
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2009, 07:12:04 AM »
[snivel, statist] This just proves capitalism is a fraud and we need to make the rich pay their fair share so we can protect the children from those terrible guns and give health care to the poor victims of racism. [/snivel]
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2009, 11:40:40 AM »
Quote from: Standing Wolf on May 15, 2009, 07:12:04 AM
[snivel, statist] This just proves capitalism is a fraud and we need to make the rich pay their fair share so we can protect the children from those terrible guns and give health care to the poor victims of racism. [/snivel]

Whaaaa?? Non-sequitur overload!!
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2009, 12:45:18 PM »
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Non-sequitur overload!!

[eloquence] Just because you can lead a mixed metaphor to water doesn't mean you can't make it take off like a rocket. [/eloquence]
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2009, 03:37:55 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on May 14, 2009, 10:26:33 PM
...and their tans were fabulous.....   :cool:

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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2009, 04:15:38 PM »
Quote from: Physics on May 15, 2009, 12:58:41 AM
Nice find.  From that same site comes my new desktop background:


Is this symbolic of something b/t you and your girlfriend?.....
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2009, 06:24:13 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on May 15, 2009, 04:15:38 PM
Is this symbolic of something b/t you and your girlfriend?.....

Sometimes a really cool picture of a rocket is just a really cool picture of a rocket. ;)
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2009, 07:25:24 PM »
Quote from: Regolith on May 15, 2009, 06:24:13 PM
Sometimes a really cool picture of a rocket is just a really cool picture of a rocket. ;)

Yup, just a cool picture of a rocket.   :cool:
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Re: Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2009, 10:55:03 PM »
Quote from: Regolith on May 15, 2009, 06:24:13 PM
Sometimes a really cool picture of a rocket is just a really cool picture of a rocket. ;)

[Freudian voice] Verrrry interesting....tell me about your muzzer..... [/Freudian voice]
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