37 minutes ago
Looks like Brazil is reporting some success with imagery reception. Perhaps the stabilization is being reached. Good news indeed! https://t.co/QZlp5NiAwU
40 minutes ago
The time of the year the light conditions can provide a nice contrast in the pictures, see this part of the last pass from METOP-C https://t.co/6ZGi9om5kG
1 hour ago
Putting together X-Band system #2.
A few pieces from the proverbial junk drawer, a few recent surplus purchases and of course imported @uhf_satcom depol and v4ma feed.
This will give offer a second view to DSN objects when the main system is blocked or pointed elsewhere. https://t.co/pSRBs80Ymi
4 hours ago
Nice catch Edgar! Too bad sessions are all done by the time Mars rises here. https://t.co/itCPTNn6tT
Edgar Kaiser @df2mz
MOM was showing quite an activity outburst today. Additional to the usual 10 min emission (16:34 - 16:44) it was emitting 14:36 - 15:33. The frequency shift at 14:53 results from switching from MOM compensation to Mars compensation for a better view of the orbital pattern. https://t.co/OctJase1uv
Tag Archives: planets
Mars and Saturn in June
It’s getting hot and atmospheric conditions are not the best for astrophotography, however stacking 5000 images does help a bit with the variable focus.
April Planets with some nice Glass
Spent some time with the big gas planets and Mars. Mars is closest to Earth since 2007 and is still pretty hard to see. Jupiter turned out nice. Saturn was a bit out of focus, seeing was not too good. … Continue reading
