NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Sends First In-orbit View
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#2Here's a non-paywall link about the photo if anyone wants it: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-13/juno-nasa-spacecraft-s...
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#3I'm always wondering if such images are in false color. Does anyone know about this one?
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#4seems very blurry. Hopefully sharper ones to come.
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#5I'm always wondering if such images are in false color. Does anyone know about this one?
JunoCam's full color -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JunoCam
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#6seems very blurry. Hopefully sharper ones to come.
But don't expect any images better than Galileo sent. Camera was not a priority for Juno.
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#7I understand JunoCam is a public outreach tool. But if it provides much worse resolution than Hubble from inside Jupiter's orbit, it's basically useless even for that.
I don't know if the cam is the problem or the transmission bandwidth, one thing is clear, when serios science starts there will be much less bandwidth available to send sharp and cool photos.
That's what you get from a solar powered probe. We waste billions of dollars and unique opportunities because some people have gotten in their minds that RTG power is evil and dangerous. NASA even canceled the ASRG, based on the Stirling engine, which was 5 times more efficient in terms of radioactive material and would have allowed powering probes for the whole solar system. Imagine a Pluto rover !
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#8> On later orbits, Juno will continue photographing the poles, but where else the camera will focus will be open to a popular vote by the public.
NASA has been pretty active in public outreach. The article indicates that Juno takes something like 4 photos an hour. I wonder whether it will be 1 photo for the public to 3 photos for science, or totally different?
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#9I understand JunoCam is a public outreach tool. But if it provides much worse resolution than Hubble from inside Jupiter's orbit, it's basically useless even for that. I don't know if the cam is the problem or the transmission bandwidth, one thing is clear, when serios science starts there will be much less bandwidth available to send sharp and cool photos. That's what you get from a solar powered probe. We waste bil…
Juno is in a highly elliptical orbit, which will take it within 5000km of Jupiter's cloud tops. This photo was taken from much further away than that. In short, check back in about a month. :)
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#10Glad Juno has made it and appears to be working OK. Not the most amazing image, better ones are routinely taken by amateurs from earth, but the crescent can only be seen by going there as Jupiter lies outside our orbit. We'll see much closer views from Juno when it's moved to a closer orbit in October.
I came across this on Reddit the other day, taken with a smartphone and 8" telescope: https://www.reddit.com/r/astrophotography/comments/4kegyv/sm...