Hubble image of Mars this August?

Totally disagree. HST has a big advantage in being able to image the entire
visible surface of Mars in one fell swoop.
The orbiters obviously cannot.
I hope HST as at least one last swan song left in it for a Mars image at
opposition. It will certainly be a historic image....
Cleardarkskies!
Orion

"Gavin Whittaker" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.astronomy Paul Neave writted:

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

I can see where the sentiment is coming from Paul, but given that we're
getting images from a couple of hundred km above Mars via the Mars
global surveyor, I'm not sure that there's any value in Hubble taking the
time out to look.

ATB, Gavin


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Historical? Perhaps, but not very useful as the HST will be looking
at the 'full moon' Mars....no shadows, no detail...unlike the orbiter
which can image the surface at optimum sunrise/sunset times.
FWIW,
TW



Orion wrote:
Totally disagree. HST has a big advantage in being able to image the entire
visible surface of Mars in one fell swoop.
The orbiters obviously cannot.
I hope HST as at least one last swan song left in it for a Mars image at
opposition. It will certainly be a historic image....
Cleardarkskies!
Orion

"Gavin Whittaker" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.astronomy Paul Neave writted:

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

I can see where the sentiment is coming from Paul, but given that we're
getting images from a couple of hundred km above Mars via the Mars
global surveyor, I'm not sure that there's any value in Hubble taking the
time out to look.

ATB, Gavin



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"not very useful as the HST will be looking
at the 'full moon' Mars....no shadows, no detail...unlike the orbiter
which can image the surface at optimum sunrise/sunset times."

Really?,
That certainly seems to argue against any value of ALPO observations.
Orion



"bwhiting" wrote in message
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Historical? Perhaps, but not very useful as the HST will be looking
at the 'full moon' Mars....no shadows, no detail...unlike the orbiter
which can image the surface at optimum sunrise/sunset times.
FWIW,
TW



Orion wrote:
Totally disagree. HST has a big advantage in being able to image the
entire
visible surface of Mars in one fell swoop.
The orbiters obviously cannot.
I hope HST as at least one last swan song left in it for a Mars image at
opposition. It will certainly be a historic image....
Cleardarkskies!
Orion

"Gavin Whittaker" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.astronomy Paul Neave writted:

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

I can see where the sentiment is coming from Paul, but given that
we're
getting images from a couple of hundred km above Mars via the Mars
global surveyor, I'm not sure that there's any value in Hubble taking
the
time out to look.

ATB, Gavin



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

Aye, looks like it.

Looking at the HST AO12 results at:
http://www.stsci.edu/hst/proposing/e...roved-programs

PI James Bell has been given some time for his proposal:
"James Bell GO 9738 Cornell University USA Solar System
Spectroscopy and Polarimetry of Mars at Closest Approach"

I'd've though "Gratuatus pretty pictures of Mars" woulds have been a
better title myself...!
Not sure if I see the point of such a one off observation. Regular
global weather observations, yes. A one off seems a bit pointless!


The observation has not been scheduled yet. One would assume it will
be within a week of closest...

Das

"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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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'
---------------------------------------------------
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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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 !!!

"David Nakamoto" wrote in message
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"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.