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Originally posted by raymundoko
Looks like the OP stole this hoax from before its news.
______beforeitsnews/space/2013/06/jupiter-sized-object-discovered-next-to-the-sun-2461714.html
Well, sort of. We may not know exactly what they are, but we do know what they are not. They are not huge objects near the sun.
Originally posted by Jobeycool
Bottom line after reading this very long thread is neither side knows for absolute certain what is making these images beside the Sun.
We know they are not objects near the sun, most of us with good analytical skills do anyway, because objects near the sun would not rotate as the imager rotates, and these objects do.
If they are real objects beside the Sun it is major interesting and bizarre.Why do people not understand there is more than one circle object being seen?
We don't know he stole it. For all we know, he may have written it himself?
Originally posted by raymundoko
Looks like the OP stole this hoax from before its news.
______beforeitsnews/space/2013/06/jupiter-sized-object-discovered-next-to-the-sun-2461714.html
Why in the world and how in the world do you get to automatically know they are not huge objects beside the Sun.
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
Well, sort of. We may not know exactly what they are, but we do know what they are not. They are not huge objects near the sun.
Originally posted by Jobeycool
Bottom line after reading this very long thread is neither side knows for absolute certain what is making these images beside the Sun.
We know they are not objects near the sun, most of us with good analytical skills do anyway, because objects near the sun would not rotate as the imager rotates, and these objects do.
If they are real objects beside the Sun it is major interesting and bizarre.Why do people not understand there is more than one circle object being seen?
We don't know he stole it. For all we know, he may have written it himself?
Originally posted by raymundoko
Looks like the OP stole this hoax from before its news.
______beforeitsnews/space/2013/06/jupiter-sized-object-discovered-next-to-the-sun-2461714.html
But there's a good reason beforeitsnews is banned on ATS, because it's full of hoaxes and this story you linked to about our sun being part of a binary star system is no exception.
On rare occasions, the SECCHI image processor onboard STEREO becomes overloaded, and produces corrupted images. Generally, these take the form of images from one telescope processed as if they were from another telescope. Because the images from the Heliospheric Imager (HI) telescopes are built up from a large number of exposures added together, this sometimes results in "double exposures", where data from several telescopes appear in the same image. Instances of large numbers of corrupted images are usually tracked on the STEREO Coordinated Observations Calendar pages.
Because I use something called common sense that both sides have not proved beyond a shadow of doubt what is causing these circles to appear beside the Sun.It is called being a honest skeptic and not blindly following one side or the other.
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
reply to post by Jobeycool
Huge objects near the sun don't rotate with when the camera rotates. Photographic artifacts do that, and yes I know that for sure, why don't you?
The difference between satellites is just more evidence they are imaging artifacts.
Originally posted by Alkolyk
Where are theses objects on STEREO-A? Considering their obviously huge size on B and that they don't show up on A at all. Even thought in some of the pictures of B the big circle appear far enough and in an angle that should be picked up by STEREO-A.
The "object" your referring to looks like a reflection, so there is no reason it would block the CME, as it's transparent. The image of the CME and the reflection are superimposed exactly as we would expect from such an artifact.
If it wasn't for the CME going over the object, I would be 100% sure it's an artifact. Whatever it is, props to you OP for researching, providing and testing that information.
Originally posted by Alkolyk
I played around in HV for about an hour now.
I also read all the stuff at stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov... about the various image artifacts possible.
It's damn hard to say man... It really is weird.
At one point I noticed huge "interferences" shaped in a "circle inside circle" partern similar to the object that would take half of the screen but would then go away. It might have something to do with it, but that still doesn't explain the CME going over it. Unless someone with more technical knowledge (and time) to come and explain why that's possible, I don't know what to say.
There's 2 things that bug me:
1) A quote about image artifacts from the STEREO website.
On rare occasions, the SECCHI image processor onboard STEREO becomes overloaded, and produces corrupted images. Generally, these take the form of images from one telescope processed as if they were from another telescope. Because the images from the Heliospheric Imager (HI) telescopes are built up from a large number of exposures added together, this sometimes results in "double exposures", where data from several telescopes appear in the same image. Instances of large numbers of corrupted images are usually tracked on the STEREO Coordinated Observations Calendar pages.
Now, could that mean the the COR1 pictures you used might be corrupted by the COR1 or COR2 data? It does look like the "spheres" keep relatively similar ratios to each others. Which would lead to think that they are the same thing.
2) Also.. my other issue is that theses big shapes are not visible at all on the STEREO-A.
In other words STEREO-B seems to see tons of them, all the time. On STEREO-A none of them appears, although some round images artifacts are definitely present in some of the STEREO-A frame.
Considering both satelites are almost completely identical, it raises a big question.
Where are theses objects on STEREO-A? Considering their obviously huge size on B and that they don't show up on A at all. Even thought in some of the pictures of B the big circle appear far enough and in an angle that should be picked up by STEREO-A.
If it wasn't for the CME going over the object, I would be 100% sure it's an artifact. Whatever it is, props to you OP for researching, providing and testing that information.
edit on 21-8-2013 by Alkolyk because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Blaine91555
The thread is now open for posting.
The personal attacks and accusations stop now. Any more of that will be met with Posting Bans. Discuss the topic and not each other. No more warnings.
Originally posted by raymundoko
reply to post by SullivanBlack
Updates on a debunked topic?