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Originally posted by HiramA
Based on this new information, some points became painfully obvious.
1- The objects have been there as long as the satellites which took their pictures have been in orbit and are still
there now.
2- Nasa has been covering something up (no big surprise here.)
3- The objects are measureable, and their position can be easily determined.
4- They are not alone; and it would appear that neither are we. There are several objects that appear simultaneously which have also been there since the first satellite images were taken by the telescopes in question.
Originally posted by Toxicsurf
Wow, the same camera artifact in picture after picture, in the same place. Just like a spot on the lens, in the same place, shape, etc, etc...
Originally posted by HiramA
I called NASA's representative for the Stereo project (Joseph B. Gurman) to get an explanation but my call was not returned.
Hi, Mr. (name excluded) and Mr. (name excluded) -
It's interesting that folks have the time to stare at our movies and find interesting features, but no luck Googling, say, "STEREO image artifacts." If you had, you would have found, among other things:
stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov...
(see the HI-2 case, about halfway down the page), and then perhaps found our Planet Finder:
stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov... ,
which indicates that currently, Venus is probably the brightest object in the HI-2B field of view, and thus likely to be the source of the internal reflections.
The HI's are not what most people think of when they think of telescopes; instead (see:
xwww.sstd.rl.ac.uk... ,
Figure 5) they're two single-lens cameras recessed below the side of the spacecraft and placed at the end of a series of baffles to remove stray light from the Sun, which is (Carl Sagan imitation time) billions of time brighter than the signal we're looking for. I can't honestly say I know which of the many structures inside the HI instrument produces the triangular or diamond-shaped internal reflections (though looking at that Figure, I'm guessing it's the HI-1 camera), only that they've been seen before.
Wishing you both a happy new year,
Joe Gurman
P.S. I wouldn't call that an "official explanation," as I'm not an official anything, just a scientist.
(Dr.) Joseph B. Gurman
STEREO Project Scientist
Joseph B. Gurman, Solar Physics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD 20771 USA
Originally posted by HiramA
reply to post by InTheFlesh1980
Triangular and diamond-shaped reflections?
Venus?
Dead links?
Sorry but none of that is of any relevance to my post.
Do you work at NASA, too?
How would the artifact stay still if the telescope is rotating?edit on 19-8-2013 by HiramA because: more info
Originally posted by HiramA
reply to post by Nyiah
So if you were to rotate your camera, the speck would move, would it not?
Look more closely at the wave gif. the flare moving in front of it is undeniable.
I do not claim that they grow, move, or any of that. They are not planets, 25 days shows many objects around the sun, if one looks closely.edit on 19-8-2013 by HiramA because: clicked post instead of preview, my bad
Originally posted by HiramA
reply to post by anon29
Thanks for your interest.
The time lapse .gif (25 days) shows that they could not have flown by. They have been there since 2007 and are still there.
Originally posted by HiramA
reply to post by Toxicsurf
Thanks for commenting.
The image 'rotate' shows that it could not be a spot on the lens or any other such anomaly as the lens was rotated but the image did not change.
The image 'wave' shows that a flare passed over the object, again making that explanation impossible.