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Originally posted by discl0sur3
reply to post by Velvet1
Thank you and very well said
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by discl0sur3
It's Mercury. The sensors on the heliospheric imager are very sensitive. A bright object causes a "blooming" effect on the sensor making bright objects look large because a group of pixels gets excited by overflow from the brightness. The same effect seen in LASCO images.
The NASA scientist probably didn't bother to actually check what you were talking about because they get swamped with ridiculous inquiries like yours every time a planet appears. They have better things to do.
[edit on 4/25/2010 by Phage]
Originally posted by BeastMaster2012
yeah i was wondering why in the original youtube video they mention Venus but not Mercury.
This is MORE THAN ONE object...my guess is it's a Brown Dwarf with 4 or 5 orbiting moons/planets
Originally posted by discl0sur3
Originally posted by BeastMaster2012
yeah i was wondering why in the original youtube video they mention Venus but not Mercury.
It's WAYYYYY to big to be Mercury, besides...it's more than one object.
Originally posted by heineken
wait a sec...
in the first video i saw it sad that the light was getting brighter...so towards the camera
so for me it fits mercury path infront of our sun
how can you tell its more than an object?
Originally posted by heineken
Originally posted by discl0sur3
Originally posted by BeastMaster2012
yeah i was wondering why in the original youtube video they mention Venus but not Mercury.
It's WAYYYYY to big to be Mercury, besides...it's more than one object.
so when we shall know this thread is a big FAIL..when you change your avatar??
A bright object causes a "blooming" effect on the sensor
Originally posted by NWOWILLFALL
an interesting document coming straight from NASA in the 80's about some weird object then it was hush hush
Originally posted by grantbeed
reply to post by discl0sur3
Aren't these 'coronial ejections' just whats been said already?
A bright object causes a "blooming" effect on the sensor
Originally posted by discl0sur3
Originally posted by BeastMaster2012
yeah i was wondering why in the original youtube video they mention Venus but not Mercury.
It's WAYYYYY to big to be Mercury, besides...it's more than one object.