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#420
by
lcs
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:11
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Looks like they forgot to clean the camera lens.
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#421
by
Melroy Fan
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:11
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Is it me or is this ET video blurry?
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#422
by
Chris Bergin
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:12
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JimO - 9/9/2006 8:48 PM
Can anybody review the imagery just PRIOR to the motion of the white dot leftwards from the ET, to see if the white dot is present to the RIGHT of the shuttle moving TOWARDS it (i.e., is a celestial sphere background object)?
Then we can compute the el/az from the camera (once we have its lat/long) and compare with heavens-above.com's chart of bright planets.
Welcome Jim
Yeah, just seeing that now. Now idea what it could be without guessing (badly).
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#423
by
nathan.moeller
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:15
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JimO - 9/9/2006 2:55 PM
What still bothers me about it being real is its almost purely horizontal motion -- some imp in back of my mind keeps chanting, 'camera artifact, camera artifact!!!'.
I've seen this kind of event before back on STS-7. You can tell it originates from the tank itself. No way it's a camera artifact. You can tell it's falling. Much clearer on the TV replays.
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#424
by
rdale
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:17
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Looks like a focus problem - every once in a while it comes in crystal clear, then it goes back out of focus. My WAG is that they left auto-focus on, so the finder is hitting the glass and trying to focus at short range instead of infinite.
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#425
by
lcs
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:20
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I think the overhead window is smudged, as occasionally you see part of the frame is in focus and the rest not. Sometimes the SRB sep motors leave a mess on the windshields.
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#426
by
JimO
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:24
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For those who are coming in late -- we are discussing two separate video streams, interspersed comments in the past few messages. One is the 'beach tracker' camera view at MET 48 seconds of the white streaker, the second is the handheld views through the overhead camera of the ET, 20 minutes or so (
) later.
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#427
by
henrycheck
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:24
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JimO - 9/9/2006 3:55 PM
What still bothers me about it being real is its almost purely horizontal motion -- some imp in back of my mind keeps chanting, 'camera artifact, camera artifact!!!'.
There is an additional event two seconds before JimO's "white object." Best quick description is like a puff of white smoke. "White object" doesn't appear to be a background object as it disappears while still in the field of view. There is definitely an "event" here.
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#428
by
Flightstar
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:25
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No idea what that event is on the short clip on ascent through Max Q, but it's not hitting Atlantis and isn't coming off her, so good.
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#429
by
psloss
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:28
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If this first stage event isn't covered in the quick look briefing, I'll be curious if it's visible in any of the launch engineering replays we get on NASA TV...
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#430
by
JimO
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:30
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"...before JimO's "white object." "
I was the third poster on this object here, please be careful with credit priorities!
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#431
by
nathan.moeller
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:31
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I bet Hale will address it...briefing NET 4:30 PM EDT.
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#432
by
JimO
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:31
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Jay Barbree will be asking Wayne at the briefing (NBC is my main man news client, and I work for them on these stories).
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#433
by
nathan.moeller
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:31
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JimO - 9/9/2006 3:17 PM
"...before JimO's "white object." "
I was the third poster on this object here, please be careful with credit priorities!
Actually it was my object
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#434
by
David AF
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:32
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Is it too 'big' to be ice?
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#435
by
henrycheck
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:37
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Correction gratefully accepted.
Don't agree that its path is horizontal. Appears to be in the slipstream.
That view was broadcast live on HDNet.
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#436
by
psloss
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:39
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Ouch -- that was an abrupt transition of the satellite back to KSC; they cut Kylie Clem off mid-sentence.
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#437
by
triddirt
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:39
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Ascent Imagery Briefing 4:30pm EDT
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#438
by
rdale
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:43
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triddirt - 9/9/2006 4:26 PM
Ascent Imagery Briefing 4:30pm EST
CORRECTION - it is starting in just a few minutes, at 430pm EDT.
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#439
by
nathan.moeller
on 09 Sep, 2006 20:50
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Briefing starting.
) later.