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Amateur Mars and Hubble Mars comparison
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For fun I put together this comparison of an image I took with my 14.5 Starmaster on 08-23-03 to an image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope on 08-27-03 . The image can be see at he URL below , I did not post it to that forum , someone else did so the comments are not mine . http://www.astromart.com/messages.as...d=108528&page= Thanks, Wes Higgins |
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Wes Higgins wrote: Hi, For fun I put together this comparison of an image I took with my 14.5 Starmaster on 08-23-03 to an image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope on 08-27-03 . The image can be see at he URL below , I did not post it to that forum , someone else did so the comments are not mine . http://www.astromart.com/messages.as...d=108528&page= I thought this was going to be something of a joke. Wow, I'm impressed!! Starry Skies, Rich |
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Wes Higgins wrote: Hi, For fun I put together this comparison of an image I took with my 14.5 Starmaster on 08-23-03 to an image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope on 08-27-03 . The image can be see at he URL below , I did not post it to that forum , someone else did so the comments are not mine . http://www.astromart.com/messages.as...d=108528&page= I thought this was going to be something of a joke. Wow, I'm impressed!! Starry Skies, Rich |
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"Wes Higgins" wrote in message
... For fun I put together this comparison of an image I took with my 14.5 Starmaster Wes-- wow! nice image. and the Hubble's ain't half bad, either. but, as a fellow owner of a 14.5" starmaster, i have a preference for your image. ;-) clear, dark skies-- mark d. |
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"Wes Higgins" wrote in message
... For fun I put together this comparison of an image I took with my 14.5 Starmaster Wes-- wow! nice image. and the Hubble's ain't half bad, either. but, as a fellow owner of a 14.5" starmaster, i have a preference for your image. ;-) clear, dark skies-- mark d. |
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Amateur Mars and Hubble Mars comparison
Hi Wes,
Terrific image! Nice work. We are so accustomed to seeing great images from Hubble that when they release another one with accompanying superlatives we just assume it really is an amazing image. The truth is, for whatever reason--I don't know--this Hubble image really isn't all that spectacular. Notice how small (image size) the releases are? Even the print sized image is too small to really show off superior detail. Either someone really screwed up in producing such small images or the originals don't contain any more information than what was released. I doubt it's the former. Not to take anything away from them--they are nice images--but the superlatives and other hype are way over the top. Clear skies, Greg Wes Higgins wrote: Hi, For fun I put together this comparison of an image I took with my 14.5 Starmaster on 08-23-03 to an image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope on 08-27-03 . The image can be see at he URL below , I did not post it to that forum , someone else did so the comments are not mine . http://www.astromart.com/messages.as...d=108528&page= Thanks, Wes Higgins -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical Software Developer Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m) SkyTools Software for the Observer: http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html Skyhound Observing Pages: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html |
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Hi Wes,
Terrific image! Nice work. We are so accustomed to seeing great images from Hubble that when they release another one with accompanying superlatives we just assume it really is an amazing image. The truth is, for whatever reason--I don't know--this Hubble image really isn't all that spectacular. Notice how small (image size) the releases are? Even the print sized image is too small to really show off superior detail. Either someone really screwed up in producing such small images or the originals don't contain any more information than what was released. I doubt it's the former. Not to take anything away from them--they are nice images--but the superlatives and other hype are way over the top. Clear skies, Greg Wes Higgins wrote: Hi, For fun I put together this comparison of an image I took with my 14.5 Starmaster on 08-23-03 to an image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope on 08-27-03 . The image can be see at he URL below , I did not post it to that forum , someone else did so the comments are not mine . http://www.astromart.com/messages.as...d=108528&page= Thanks, Wes Higgins -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical Software Developer Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m) SkyTools Software for the Observer: http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html Skyhound Observing Pages: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html |
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Great shot!
You should send one to RCH, he will really enjoy it, as I did! Cleardarkskies! Orion "Wes Higgins" wrote in message ... Hi, For fun I put together this comparison of an image I took with my 14.5 Starmaster on 08-23-03 to an image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope on 08-27-03 . The image can be see at he URL below , I did not post it to that forum , someone else did so the comments are not mine . http://www.astromart.com/messages.as...d=108528&page= Thanks, Wes Higgins --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003 |
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Great shot!
You should send one to RCH, he will really enjoy it, as I did! Cleardarkskies! Orion "Wes Higgins" wrote in message ... Hi, For fun I put together this comparison of an image I took with my 14.5 Starmaster on 08-23-03 to an image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope on 08-27-03 . The image can be see at he URL below , I did not post it to that forum , someone else did so the comments are not mine . http://www.astromart.com/messages.as...d=108528&page= Thanks, Wes Higgins --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003 |
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Amateur Mars and Hubble Mars comparison
Thanks!
I have a feeling I should know this but who is RCH ? Thanks, Wes Higgins On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 20:38:07 GMT, "Orion" wrote: Great shot! You should send one to RCH, he will really enjoy it, as I did! Cleardarkskies! Orion "Wes Higgins" wrote in message .. . Hi, For fun I put together this comparison of an image I took with my 14.5 Starmaster on 08-23-03 to an image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope on 08-27-03 . The image can be see at he URL below , I did not post it to that forum , someone else did so the comments are not mine . http://www.astromart.com/messages.as...d=108528&page= Thanks, Wes Higgins --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003 |
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