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Boomer12k
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by Boomer12k » Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:23 am
And M45 as well...
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orin stepanek
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by orin stepanek » Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:54 am
The featured image was taken about 10 kilometers from the launch site and is actually a composite of nine exposures.
Why????
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by mmills@chartertn.net » Tue Dec 04, 2018 12:35 pm
Looks fake, to me. The fire trail is too distinct and has no off gases or air dispersion.
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by Chris Peterson » Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:01 pm
orin stepanek wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:54 am
The featured image was taken about 10 kilometers from the launch site and is actually a composite of nine exposures.
Why???? :?
Because cameras lack the dynamic range to capture all the elements in a scene like this in a single exposure.
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JohnD
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by JohnD » Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:03 pm
Probably, see Chris' response to my similar complaint about the Everest photo a few days ago. See
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=38940
We are so used to see rocket launches from flat plains that one from a mountain valley looks weird!
John
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APODFORIST
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by APODFORIST » Tue Dec 04, 2018 5:00 pm
The most interesting thing for me is the fact that the spaceport is located in the middle of a valley. It looks like a set for a James Bond movie.
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by Bellerophon » Tue Dec 04, 2018 6:12 pm
Seems a strange place to launch from. There are less populated areas in China, and I'd hate to have to recover wreckage from a failed launch in those mountains. But it is fairly far south.
Typo: second sentence should read "two weeks ago."
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by neufer » Tue Dec 04, 2018 7:04 pm
Bellerophon wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 6:12 pm
Seems a strange place to launch from. There are less populated areas in China, and I'd hate to have to recover wreckage from a failed launch in those mountains. But it is fairly far south.
Typo: second sentence should read "two weeks ago."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center wrote:
<<With the completion of the upgrade of
Wenchang Satellite Launch Center scheduled for 2013, all the GEO missions will be transferred to this new space center. Due to negative aspects of the Xichang location, such as its higher latitude, the possibility of rocket stages falling on inhabited areas
(Guizhou) and limited transport infrastructures, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center will no longer be used for civilian duties. However, it will not be closed, it will be kept to serve as a backup launch site.>>
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by Adam » Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:40 pm
Is that the Pleiades up in the top left corner? It would seem worth a mention in the Astronomy as opposed to Astronautical Photo of the Day.
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