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STEREO - interesting information new
      #2260990 - 03/16/08 11:14 AM

This may be old news, although I can't remember seeing it mentioned, but the STEREO mission has 2 satellites, one ahead of the earth and one behind it in it's orbit...Because of this distance separating them, we can actually view a lot more than half of the disk at any time, go here to see: recent STEREO images

If this is old news, sorry to waste the bytes...

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Re: STEREO - interesting information new [Re: darkstar528]
      #2261143 - 03/16/08 12:31 PM

Never seen that before Stephen, thanks for posting. Everyone should know what a totally different sun that is! I clicked on the 2048 etc and the detail that shows on my big screen is fantastic! Give it a go people, it's really something else. Thanks again, Stephen!
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Re: STEREO - interesting information new [Re: cocobolo]
      #2261189 - 03/16/08 12:52 PM

No more wondering what's coming around the limb, we can see it!...I wonder what % of the sun we can now view, 60%?...75%?!??!...

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Re: STEREO - interesting information new [Re: darkstar528]
      #2261341 - 03/16/08 02:08 PM

Ooow, that is cool, pehaps we can make stereo pairs that we can see in 3-D? The spread is a little far apart but perhaps there is a way. Bob, if you see this thread what do you think?

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Re: STEREO - interesting information new [Re: colinsk]
      #2261378 - 03/16/08 02:24 PM

Thanks for this post, Steve!

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Re: STEREO - interesting information new [Re: darkstar528]
      #2261434 - 03/16/08 02:55 PM

Stephen --

Actually I hadn't been to see it before - thanks for the heads-up.

Cheers,

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Re: STEREO - interesting information new [Re: Keith Howlett]
      #2261440 - 03/16/08 02:59 PM


Thanks for the info.
I'll be adding that to my daily look list.

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Re: STEREO - interesting information new [Re: nightshooter]
      #2261456 - 03/16/08 03:08 PM

Thanks it allmost makes up for the rain all day.

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Re: STEREO - interesting information [Re: darkstar528]
      #2262373 - 03/16/08 10:57 PM Attachment (12 downloads)

Ok, it is bit if a reach but if you backup from your screen and relax your eye till the circles overlap you can almost make a stereogram out of the image.

I copied these images from:

http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/beacon/beacon_secchi.shtml

Credits go to NASA. I photoshopped them closer together inorder to make the stereo pair work better.

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Edited by colinsk (03/17/08 07:15 PM)


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