Saturn and the Moon (APOD 26 May 2007)

ta152h0 · Post by **ta152h0** » Sat May 26, 2007 5:38 am

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070526.html

Good time for Cassini to have photographed the earth-Moon System.

Prosthetic.Lips · Post by **Prosthetic.Lips** » Sat May 26, 2007 1:17 pm

For those that tried to click on the link for "dramatic," it currently points to:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030742.html

This gets an error; I assume there is a transposition of the last 2 numbers, and should point to:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030724.html

This is a great (yes, even dramatic!) picture of Mars beyond the moon. I'm sure it will be corrected soon.

Oh, and the picture with Jupiter is pretty great too!

iamlucky13 · Post by **iamlucky13** » Tue May 29, 2007 7:26 pm

Amazing picture! I'd have never even guessed such an exposure was possible (although it does mention that Saturn is brightness/contrast enhanced). My first thought was it was a 2 picture overlay like the recent Moon/Andromeda APOD, but Jens Hackmann pulled it off in one picture.

The Mars picture is great, too.

BMAONE23 · Post by **BMAONE23** » Tue May 29, 2007 7:35 pm

I would like to get one with the moon where one can also see Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in the same image. I took an image of the moon and pasted the three planets separate alignment photos into it. Interesting to see the apparent size difference and then to consider the vast distances between each of them and us.

Andy Wade · Post by **Andy Wade** » Tue May 29, 2007 8:27 pm

BMAONE23 wrote:I would like to get one with the moon where one can also see Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in the same image. I took an image of the moon and pasted the three planets separate alignment photos into it. Interesting to see the apparent size difference and then to consider the vast distances between each of them and us.

Well?
Come on BMAONE23, where is this picture then? I'd like to see it please!
And I'm sure everyone else would too...
And may I call you BMAONE2 for short?

BMAONE23 · Post by **BMAONE23** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:13 pm

the picture is cut and pasted and hanging on the side of my desk. I need to know a place (website) where the files (pictures) could be posted to for attachment purposes. Any suggestions?? I had an ImageHosting account but the website changed and the file is too large to place there. I should probably take a smaller (file size) picture of it and try to post it somewhere, but where?

BMAONE23 · Post by **BMAONE23** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:15 pm

Andy,
You may call me any dirivative you desire as long as it isn't "late for dinner"

Andy Wade · Post by **Andy Wade** » Wed May 30, 2007 12:33 am

BMAONE23 wrote:the picture is cut and pasted and hanging on the side of my desk. I need to know a place (website) where the files (pictures) could be posted to for attachment purposes. Any suggestions?? I had an ImageHosting account but the website changed and the file is too large to place there. I should probably take a smaller (file size) picture of it and try to post it somewhere, but where?

Hi BMAONE23,

You could try http://photobucket.com/ I suppose.
Can't say I've used them myself but I've heard they are pretty good.

Regards,
Andy.

BMAONE23 · Post by **BMAONE23** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:29 am

Thanks Andy,
I'll try it tomorrow.

BMAONE23 · Post by **BMAONE23** » Wed May 30, 2007 4:31 pm

http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z159 ... SATURN.jpg
Here you go Andy

Andy Wade · Post by **Andy Wade** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:17 pm

BMAONE23 wrote:http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z159 ... SATURN.jpg
Here you go Andy

Or even...

Very nice, I'm impressed!

BMAONE23 · Post by **BMAONE23** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:25 pm

It would certainly be a conjunction to behold.

ta152h0 · Post by **ta152h0** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:34 pm

photoshop, i am sure

BMAONE23 · Post by **BMAONE23** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:24 am

Wolf,
I took an image of the Moon and Mars

and the mars image from here
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030819.html
took Saturn from this image
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070526.html
and Jupiter from another.

I imported the images into Autocad to establish relative planetary sizes compared to the moons disk. I then printed clear copies of the three planets and placed them onto a print of the moon which I then photographed. The only photoshop work done was to crop the final imageso that the surrounding context was removed from the image.

Starship Asterisk*

Saturn and the Moon (APOD 26 May 2007)

Saturn and the Moon (APOD 26 May 2007)

Corrected link labeled dramatic