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Originally posted by WanderingThe3rd
Originally posted by boncho
Moon?
Not sure, hard to tell in the pics you posted.
Pics were edited into the OP, it was the CCD fiber.edit on 23-3-2012 by boncho because: (no reason given)
thats not a fiber, keep trying
Originally posted by boncho
Troll much?
Originally posted by twitchy
Originally posted by boncho
Troll much?
How is that trolling? The OP posted a picture and says he thinks it's something others should look at. You're the one bouncing around and trolling this thread if anyone is. I'm gonna star and flag this thread just for you boncho.
Originally posted by Manhater
reply to post by radkrish
a 4 year glitch?
Okay....
Some artifacts are caused by defects in the cameras or optics used to take the images. The most noticeable example of a camera defect is shown below. This is a small fiber on the surface of the Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) camera for the COR2 telescope on STEREO Ahead. The total length of the fiber is just 1 millimeter.
It has been there since launch.
Most likely this fiber came off of one of the clean room wipes used during the assembly of the camera. Even though the material of the wipes is selected to shed as few particles as possible, the occasional particle does end up inside the instrument.