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Kaguya-045-20090619_kaguya_hdtv_L5.jpgThe very final images taken by the HDTV (5)60 visitePicture taken at 03:15 a.m.
Coord.: about 83° South Lat. and approx. 261° East Long.
Spacecraft altitude: 18,4 Km
Relative Position: South of Drygalski CraterMareKromiumGiu 29, 2009
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Kaguya-050-20090611_kaguya_2_e.jpgKaguya crashes near Gill Crater61 visiteCaption JAXA:"JAXA maneuvered the Lunar Explorer “KAGUYA” (SELENE) main orbiter to drop it onto the following location on the Moon Surface to complete its Moon observation mission.
The KAGUYA conducted nominal operations for about 10 months then an extended operational phase for about seven and a half months after being launched on September 14, 2007.
Date and time: at 03:25 a.m. on June 11, 2009 (Japan Standard Time)
Location: 65,5° South Latitude and 80,4° East Longitude, near GILL Crater.
The KAGUYA’s impact location was in the shaded area of the Moon, thus we expect a slight possibility of witnessing the impact flash generated when the KAGUYA hit the Moon. We are now asking people all over the world to provide us with images of the impact flash if someone successfully captured this feat.
Concerning the sub satellite of the KAGUYA, the VRAD (Ouna) satellite, its observation operation has already been completed. We will further carry out necessary observations for calibration, then will terminate operations. The KAGUYA's observation data will be released through the Internet from Nov. 1.".MareKromiumGiu 29, 2009
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Kaguya-040-hdtv_057_l.jpgPythagoras Crater70 visiteCaption JAXA:"Here is a snapshot around the Central Peak of Pythagoras Crater (the center is located at about 63,5° North and 63° West; D = approx. 142 Km), obtained by HDTV-TELE at 2008/12/12 08:36:00 (UT)".MareKromiumGiu 29, 2009
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Panoramic-AS12-46-6796-6801.jpgFrom AS 12-46-6796 until 6801 (EVA-1; ALSEP Deployment Site)55 visite116:57:52 MT - Pete Conrad starts a 16-frame pan near the ALSEP Deployment Site.
The first frame of the pan shows the view a little to the left of down-Sun. We can see the shadow of the UHT sticking up out of the SIDE subpallet.
MareKromiumGiu 14, 2009
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Panoramic-AS12-46-6845-6851.jpgFrom AS 12-46-6845 until 6851 (EVA-1; Middle Crescent Crater)71 visite118:18:41 MT - Pete Conrad has moved to his left several feet and starts a clockwise, left-to-right partial pan back around to the Northeastern Rim to give a stereo view of Middle Crescent Crater. The discoloration at the center of the image is due to a dust smudge on the lens that showed up first on AS 6813.
MareKromiumGiu 14, 2009
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Panoramic-AS12-46-6756-6761.jpgFrom AS 12-46-6756 until 6761 (EVA-1; The TV Camera)58 visite116:24:47 MT - Rightway of 6755. Close-up of the TV camera, with the Solar Wind Collector (SWC) at the left edge of the picture. Note the loop in the TV cable running off to the left.
Paul Coan, Manned Spaceflight Center Television Subsystem Manager who was responsible for the equipment used on the Apollo spacecraft, writes, "The same type of cable used to carry video and power between the Apollo 11 TV camera and the LM was used during Apollo 12 to power the first color TV camera to be put on the Lunar Surface.
However, the connector on the color camera did not match the connector on the end of the Lunar Surface cable that was an integral part of the camera handle. (See a detail from Apollo 11 photo S-69-31575 ). Since the design and qualification of the Lunar Surface cable was so expensive, it was cost prohibitive to replace the connector on the cable. Cost, schedule, and design constraints also precluded replacing the connector on the color camera.
So, we decided to build an adapter that provided the interconnection."
In a detail from 6756, the color-camera camera hangs down from the back, with the yellow-coated adapter immediately blow attached to the silver-tube of the 'handle' from the Apollo 11 configuration.
Coan adds, "During testing of the color Lunar Camera connected to the LM on the pad at KSC, we noticed hum bars in the video.
We then realized that the finite resistance of the power circuit in the 100 foot Lunar Camera cable combined with the switching power supply in the camera was sufficient to inject the hum bars in the video. We had to rework the power supply circuits to eliminate the hum bars. There was some quick redesign/rework done to make the camera work."
"Finally, there was a special room provided at KSC for final checkout of the cameras before they were installed in the spacecraft. So that we could test under controlled lighting conditions, the room was painted totally black and provided with heavy window curtains to eliminate light from outside".MareKromiumGiu 14, 2009
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Panoramic-AS12-46-6779-6782.jpgFrom AS 12-46-6779 until 6782 (EVA-1 - Landing Site; Alan Bean taking Pictures)58 visite116:27:03 MT - Rightward of 6778, with overlap of 6777 but none of 6778. Shows Al Bean taking photographs of the plus-Y footpad, possibly AS 12-47-6906.
The TV camera is at the right-hand side of the picture and the S-Band antenna is visible beyond the plus-Y (North) strut. Note that Pete Conrad is standing slightly below the level of the footpads, having moved partway down the intitial slope into Surveyor Crater to take this pan.
Note also that Pete mistakenly took the pan at 15-foot focus rather than 74-foot focus.MareKromiumGiu 14, 2009
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ZZ-ZZ-U-Flash-MeteorImpact-Moon.gifMeteor Strike on the New Moon's limb? (GIF-Movie)190 visiteTLP? No: questo GIF-Movie ci mostra - e MOLTO bene! - l'effetto luminoso prodotto da un bolide che impatta la Luna. Un rapido lampo particolarmente intenso ("Primary Flash" o "bagliore da impatto") e quindi una serie di lampi ulteriori - dovete osservare il filmato varie volte per riuscire a coglierli - che degradano in una debole luminescenza la quale, infine, viene avvolta dall'oscurità ("Secondary Flashes" o "bagliori secondari da impatto").
Ora, la domanda che ci è stata rivolta è questa: i "Lunar Flash" derivanti da (o connessi a) Meteor Strikes (o Impatti Meteorici) possono essere considerati del Transient Lunar Phoenomena?
Ebbene, se - da un certo punto di vista - ogni fenomeno estemporaneo (ergo anche il lampo di luce derivante da un impatto) è, per definizione, un "Evento Transiente", la Verità, se non altro a parere di chi scrive, è che i TLP "Puri" NON RICOMPRENDONO i bagliori da impatto.MareKromiumGiu 11, 2009
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APOLLO_12_-_AS_12-49-7318_HR2.jpgAS 12-49-7318 - Mysterious reflection... (HR; additional process. by Dr M. Faccin)63 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumGiu 07, 2009
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APOLLO_12_-_AS_12-49-7318_HR1.jpgAS 12-49-7318 - Mysterious reflection... (HR; additional process. by Giorgio Picciau)73 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumGiu 07, 2009
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Panoramic-AS15-84-11296-AS15-84-11305-AS15-84-11306-1.jpgAS 15-84-11296 - The "Lunar Dolphin" (edm; color enhanced)85 visite...Certezze, come detto, non ce ne sono, ma se questo "oggetto" è un image-artifact, allora si tratta di un image-artifact completamente nuovo...MareKromiumGiu 04, 2009
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Panoramic-AS15-84-11296-AS15-84-11305-AS15-84-11306-0.jpgAS 15-84-11296 - AS 15-84-11305 and AS 15-84-11306: The "Lunar Dolphin"125 visiteSfidiamo chiunque ad individuare una possibile Anomalìa di Superficie la quale sia più incredibile ed inesplicabile di questa (ancora una volta centrata dal nostro straordinario Dr Gianluigi Barca).
L'abbiamo battezzata "Delfino Lunare" (per ovvi motivi di somiglianza tra la figura che si vede nel primo frame del mosaico ed il noto mammifero terrestre), ma è evidente che noi non abbiamo la benchè minima idea di che cosa si possa trattare. O meglio: riteniamo (con un margine di certezza quasi assoluto - la "certezza al 100%", al pari della Giustizia, non è di questo mondo...) che NON si tratti di un image-artifact.
Ciò premesso, ogni ipotesi (dalla Alien Probe di forma completamente inusuale ed esotica, alla possibile "Flying Rock" - e non sarebbe certo la prima...) è valida.
E Voi? Cosa ne pensate?MareKromiumGiu 04, 2009
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