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Originally posted by Phage
I received a reply to my inquiry. As I thought, it is an issue internal to the imaging device.
A new dust particle has adhered to the internal field lens of COR1-B. It first appeared on May 2, and presumably migrated from some part of the telescope housing. There are actually a number of small dust particles on the field lens, but they are mostly subtracted off by the background subtraction algorithm. Eventually, this new particle will also be subtracted off as soon as the instrumental background calculations catch up with the change.
Bill Thompson
Originally posted by nitestrider
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Even if you think life can only evolve on Earth, how do you know that dinosaurs didn’t evolve? They were around billions of years ago!! Humans have only been around under 1 million years? So they could have evolved and left. Then sometimes come back. Might explain the reptilian species.
The smaller objects I am referring to are about halfway through the video
But since the propsed 'cosmic ray' heads straight for the center of the 'dust particle', this means we have to explain why this object/artifact is there, and why the 'cosmic ray' seems to interact with it.
What are the chances that a 'cosmic ray' would form outside of the actual sun, and have its trajectory somehow originate from the 'dust particle'?
Cosmic rays and solar energetic particles are highly energetic particles that travel through space. Some of these originate from the Sun. Others, known as galactic cosmic rays, come from outside the solar system. When they pass through the detectors, they produce thin bright spots or streaks.
Originally posted by Phage
I received a reply to my inquiry. As I thought, it is an issue internal to the imaging device.
A new dust particle has adhered to the internal field lens of COR1-B. It first appeared on May 2, and presumably migrated from some part of the telescope housing. There are actually a number of small dust particles on the field lens, but they are mostly subtracted off by the background subtraction algorithm. Eventually, this new particle will also be subtracted off as soon as the instrumental background calculations catch up with the change.
Bill Thompson
Originally posted by GrinchNoMore
reply to post by Phage
The magical dust strikes again !!
Dust wiggling its way around, and wrecking everything !!
Sure wish i could use dust as an excuse...i have tons in my house !!
I am not sure why you do NOT find it surprising that people have grown tired of the dust excuse, it may be true but it happens FAR too often...
Not surprising at all.......
It seems strange that a cosmic ray would develop outside of the sun, and in this case shoot down from the propsed 'dust particle'.
I am assuming that is possible, right?
Originally posted by Phage
I received a reply to my inquiry. As I thought, it is an issue internal to the imaging device.
A new dust particle has adhered to the internal field lens of COR1-B. It first appeared on May 2, and presumably migrated from some part of the telescope housing. There are actually a number of small dust particles on the field lens, but they are mostly subtracted off by the background subtraction algorithm. Eventually, this new particle will also be subtracted off as soon as the instrumental background calculations catch up with the change.
Bill Thompson