(Untitled)- February 23, 2002 Digital Data Puts Mars on Map "Scientists have produced the most detailed atlas of Mars ever compiled, and it is freely available on the internet.... According to Dr Mike Malin, it took about a month to acquire the data for the atlas in May and December 1999 with some additional data of the polar regions in 2001. It then took a further two months to develop the software needed to stitch the data together. Finally, it took about two days of continuous computer processing using a Sun SunBlade...http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/astronomy/2002/02/22.html#a570 (Untitled)- February 17, 2002 Deep Sky Weblogs "From the referrer logs: a page with an image map. The image is a field of distant galaxies. Each galaxy is a link to a weblog. Cool." More Like This WebLog My Dad and I have always been fascinated by this picture, and now it's a clickable image map!http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/astronomy/2002/02/17.html#a444 (Untitled)- February 11, 2002 Reach for the Stars. "Stellarium Astronomy Software is a free software program that &147;It renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time. With stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars..." meryl's notes I'll be downloading this tonight, as will my Dad, I'm sure.http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/astronomy/2002/02/11.html#a310 (Untitled)- February 7, 2002 The Blue Marble "This spectacular &147;blue marble&148; image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date. Using a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of our planet." via MeFihttp://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/astronomy/2002/02/07.html#a253 (Untitled)- February 6, 2002 Discovery News has a couple of interesting pieces today. The first is an amazing picture of Saturn taken by a ground-based telescope. The second is an article about meteor sounds captured on tape and the evidence for "simultaneous sound." You can even listen to the "pop" made by a meteor using RealPlayer.http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/astronomy/2002/02/06.html#a228 |