'Earth-rise' and 'Earth-set' images were taken by the KAGUYA

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'Earth-rise' and 'Earth-set' images were taken by the KAGUYA

Post #1by JetCrow » 13.11.2007, 10:44

The onboard high definition camera of the moon explorer "KAGUYA", which is under initial functional verification, successfully acquired the world's first high definition images of an "Earth-rise" and "Earth-set".
It was also the world's first HD images of the Earth from about 380,000 km away in space.

http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/11/20071113_kaguya_e.html

Moving image of the Moon shot by the HDTV camera (480X270px, no audio, 1xSpeed)

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Post #2by Cham » 13.11.2007, 11:20

Cool ! :)

Thanks for the link.
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Post #3by ANDREA » 13.11.2007, 15:11

Yes, very interesting images and link, thank you JetCrow.
BTW, they made a big mistake here:

    Table 1: Major Characteristics of the HDTC
    HDTV
    Camera Charactor
    Sensor: CCD(1920?—1080: valid pxcels)
    Number of chips: 3 chips
    Prism: Three primary colors spectrum by Dichroic Prism
    Lens: Fixed lenses (T: tele camera, W: wide camera)
    Field of view T: 51.23?°(horizontal) 30.17?°(vertical)
    (FOC) W: 15.60?°(horizontal) 8.80?°(vertical)


Obviously the T and W Field of View (FOC) data in the Table 1 are inverted. :wink:
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Post #4by Hungry4info » 13.11.2007, 15:37

Is Shackelton crater visible in any of these images?
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Post #5by Reiko » 14.11.2007, 05:53

OMG that's beautiful!

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Post #6by scaddenp » 22.11.2007, 00:26

Anyone been able to create a cel link to a view like this? (Or the famous earthrise)

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Post #7by RVS » 22.11.2007, 21:04

scaddenp wrote:Anyone been able to create a cel link to a view like this? (Or the famous earthrise)

Please!
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Post #8by JetCrow » 26.11.2007, 08:00

Watch online in HD
http://www.discoverychannel.ca/shows/sh ... x?sid=5180
When watching from outside of Canada, use Canadian proxy.

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Post #9by LordFerret » 26.11.2007, 09:11

For those in the US...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/11/12/moon-high-def.html
...but no movie, just a short article and a picture. What a shame. :?

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Post #10by Hungry4info » 26.11.2007, 14:44

RVS wrote:Image


Nice! looks pretty much like JetCrow's first image! I don't suppose we'll have 3ds or CMOD mountains on the moon any time soon? (We'll have to eventually when the lunar base gets built. At least.... we should. I'm sure Celestia will be more-or-less around in 2018).
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Orbital data of KAGUYA

Post #11by JetCrow » 16.01.2008, 08:57

About the offer of the orbit data of the moon satellite "KAGUYA (SELENE)"
http://edu.jaxa.jp/news/20071218.html

critical phase orbital data (lzh compression method)
http://edu.jaxa.jp/news/file.cgi/722.lzh?id=722

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Post #12by mixaloki » 16.01.2008, 15:43

Nice, thank you for the link 8)


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