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Kaguya (Selene) Images of Earth-Rise Over the Moon | SpaceRef - Space News as it Happens
by bucy at 4:13 pm EST, Nov 13, 2007 |
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully performed the world's first high-definition image taking of an Earth-rise* by the lunar explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE,) which was injected into a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 100 km on October 18, 2007 (Japan Standard Time. Following times and dates are all JST.)
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RE: Kaguya (Selene) Images of Earth-Rise Over the Moon | SpaceRef - Space News as it Happens
by Hijexx at 4:54 pm EST, Nov 14, 2007 |
bucy wrote: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully performed the world's first high-definition image taking of an Earth-rise* by the lunar explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE,) which was injected into a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 100 km on October 18, 2007 (Japan Standard Time. Following times and dates are all JST.)
Have they released any true HD video or pictures yet? They list the camera's capabilities as 2.2 megapixel yet all I have been able to locate aren't even 0.5 megapixel. Still cool. I was hoping they would have enough resolution to take pictures/video of the Apollo sites but no luck this round. |
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RE: Kaguya (Selene) Images of Earth-Rise Over the Moon | SpaceRef - Space News as it Happens
by Decius at 6:41 pm EST, Nov 14, 2007 |
Hijexx wrote: bucy wrote: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully performed the world's first high-definition image taking of an Earth-rise* by the lunar explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE,) which was injected into a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 100 km on October 18, 2007 (Japan Standard Time. Following times and dates are all JST.)
Have they released any true HD video or pictures yet? They list the camera's capabilities as 2.2 megapixel yet all I have been able to locate aren't even 0.5 megapixel. Still cool. I was hoping they would have enough resolution to take pictures/video of the Apollo sites but no luck this round.
If you find higher res stuff please post it! |
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Kaguya (Selene) Images of Earth-Rise Over the Moon
by noteworthy at 9:47 pm EST, Nov 14, 2007 |
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have successfully performed the world's first high-definition image taking of an Earth-rise* by the lunar explorer "KAGUYA" which was injected into a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 100 km on October 18, 2007.
Hijexx asked: Have they released any true HD video or pictures yet? They list the camera's capabilities as 2.2 megapixel yet all I have been able to locate aren't even 0.5 megapixel.
Decius wrote: If you find higher res stuff please post it!
At the JAXA web site for the mission, there are three full-resolution (1080 lines) images: Earth-rise Images Wide Shot
Earth-set Images Tele Shot
Earth setting image (Montage)
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Kaguya (Selene) Images of Earth-Rise Over the Moon | SpaceRef
by Rattle at 12:57 am EST, Nov 14, 2007 |
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully performed the world's first high-definition image taking of an Earth-rise* by the lunar explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE,) which was injected into a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 100 km on October 18, 2007 (Japan Standard Time. Following times and dates are all JST.)
Don't miss the pictures and video. |
Kaguya (Selene) Images of Earth-Rise Over the Moon | SpaceRef - Space News as it Happens
by freakn at 1:00 am EST, Nov 14, 2007 |
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully performed the world's first high-definition image taking of an Earth-rise* by the lunar explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE,) which was injected into a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 100 km on October 18, 2007 (Japan Standard Time. Following times and dates are all JST.)
This is awesome. The planet looks so small in those videos. |
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