Hubble image of Mars this August?

Thanks, Lucy!

BTW, what a GREAT job you have!

And to think . . . I'm stuck here flipping burgers. ;-)


"Lucy Albert" wrote in message
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Good Morning, Everyone:

Yes, Yes!! Wouldn't miss this, are you kidding!??

Hubble has been taking a series of photos of Mars all month to lead up to
the night of opposition. We will be taking images during the early
morning
of August 27th. Photos taken earlier that morning will be posted on our
press release section of HubbleSite, the NewsCenter -
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/ - around 6am EDT and again more photos,
including the actual moment of opposition, at 4pm EDT. Hubble took
photos
of the past two oppositions -
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/2001/24/ and
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/1999/27/ - so this 2003
opposition
was not to be missed.

See http://www.stsci.edu/observing/phase2-public/10065.prop and for
information on the actual observing program. If you want to stay tuned
to
the daily program schedule of Hubble, go to sci.astro.hubble where we
regularly post all this information.

Call us if you have questions.

Lucy Albert
Office of Public Outreach
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore MD
410 338 4857
"Martin Frey" wrote in message
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"Paul Neave" wrote:

Does anyone know if Hubble will be taking images this time
round? It'd be a huge tragedy to miss such a great opportunity.

Just found this:

HUBBLE HAS VIEWING PLANS FOR MARS 'CLOSE ENCOUNTER'
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will make observations of the planet
Mars next week, when Earth and Mars will be closer together than they
have been in the last 60,000 years. The Hubble images will be the
sharpest views of Mars ever taken from Earth. They will reveal surface
details as small as 17 miles across.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0308/20marshubble/

Cheers

Martin

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Martin Frey
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My God! Someone that actually knows something about the topic
answered! What will become of s.a.a. and endless speculation? Can
something be done to prevent this in the future?

Note: This is an attempt at humor. Any similarity to any person
living, dead or in other state of being is purely accidental and
unintended.

Mike Simmons

Lucy Albert wrote:

Good Morning, Everyone:

Yes, Yes!! Wouldn't miss this, are you kidding!??

My God! Someone that actually knows something about the topic
answered! What will become of s.a.a. and endless speculation? Can
something be done to prevent this in the future?

Note: This is an attempt at humor. Any similarity to any person
living, dead or in other state of being is purely accidental and
unintended.

Mike Simmons

Lucy Albert wrote:

Good Morning, Everyone:

Yes, Yes!! Wouldn't miss this, are you kidding!??

"Martin Frey" wrote in message
...
"Paul Neave" wrote:

Does anyone know if Hubble will be taking images this time
round? It'd be a huge tragedy to miss such a great opportunity.

Just found this:

HUBBLE HAS VIEWING PLANS FOR MARS 'CLOSE ENCOUNTER'
---------------------------------------------------
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will make observations of the planet
Mars next week, when Earth and Mars will be closer together than they
have been in the last 60,000 years. The Hubble images will be the
sharpest views of Mars ever taken from Earth. They will reveal surface
details as small as 17 miles across.


FROM EARTH? Why do they say this, when that thing isn't touching any
part of the Earth except perhaps for a few stray molecules of air that
happened
to float high enough to hit the darn thing?

The Press . . . Bah !!! HUMBUG !!!

"Martin Frey" wrote in message
...
"Paul Neave" wrote:

Does anyone know if Hubble will be taking images this time
round? It'd be a huge tragedy to miss such a great opportunity.

Just found this:

HUBBLE HAS VIEWING PLANS FOR MARS 'CLOSE ENCOUNTER'
---------------------------------------------------
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will make observations of the planet
Mars next week, when Earth and Mars will be closer together than they
have been in the last 60,000 years. The Hubble images will be the
sharpest views of Mars ever taken from Earth. They will reveal surface
details as small as 17 miles across.


FROM EARTH? Why do they say this, when that thing isn't touching any
part of the Earth except perhaps for a few stray molecules of air that
happened
to float high enough to hit the darn thing?

The Press . . . Bah !!! HUMBUG !!!

"David Nakamoto" wrote in message
...
"Martin Frey" wrote in message
...
"Paul Neave" wrote:

Does anyone know if Hubble will be taking images this time
round? It'd be a huge tragedy to miss such a great opportunity.

Just found this:

HUBBLE HAS VIEWING PLANS FOR MARS 'CLOSE ENCOUNTER'
---------------------------------------------------
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will make observations of the planet
Mars next week, when Earth and Mars will be closer together than they
have been in the last 60,000 years. The Hubble images will be the
sharpest views of Mars ever taken from Earth. They will reveal surface
details as small as 17 miles across.


FROM EARTH? Why do they say this, when that thing isn't touching any
part of the Earth except perhaps for a few stray molecules of air that
happened
to float high enough to hit the darn thing?

The Press . . . Bah !!! HUMBUG !!!



Hubble is in low earth orbit.
Compare 250 miles with 35 million miles.
From the perspective of Mars, Hubble is
definitely taking images from the Earth.

"David Nakamoto" wrote in message
...
"Martin Frey" wrote in message
...
"Paul Neave" wrote:

Does anyone know if Hubble will be taking images this time
round? It'd be a huge tragedy to miss such a great opportunity.

Just found this:

HUBBLE HAS VIEWING PLANS FOR MARS 'CLOSE ENCOUNTER'
---------------------------------------------------
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will make observations of the planet
Mars next week, when Earth and Mars will be closer together than they
have been in the last 60,000 years. The Hubble images will be the
sharpest views of Mars ever taken from Earth. They will reveal surface
details as small as 17 miles across.


FROM EARTH? Why do they say this, when that thing isn't touching any
part of the Earth except perhaps for a few stray molecules of air that
happened
to float high enough to hit the darn thing?

The Press . . . Bah !!! HUMBUG !!!



Hubble is in low earth orbit.
Compare 250 miles with 35 million miles.
From the perspective of Mars, Hubble is
definitely taking images from the Earth.