Comments on: Nobody Has Ever Seen This Side of Mercury

By: marcellus

marcellus — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:27:00 +0000

At the 2006 NCRAL convention in Appleton WI, my favorite observing buddy Duane and I got to sit next to Ron Dantowitz who imaged Mercury 40,000 times, went through each image WITHOUT USING A COMPUTER PROGRAM, and selected the best 20 percent to get an image of a large crater that no one else had ever seen before. I eagerly await images of that feature, which Ron will get to name.

By: Nabil A. Salhab

Nabil A. Salhab — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:49:38 +0000

Nasa is the most valuable agency in human history ,it tries to reveal the unknown about our univers. At the same time humans tries to distroy their unique Earth .

By: Gerhard von MÃ¼ehle

Gerhard von MÃ¼ehle — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:24:09 +0000

Speaking of images. Does anyone know why JAXA is so stingy with the resolution of their downloadable Lunar orbiter photos? I’m sure their program is publicly funded as is NASA. But NASA truly rules when it comes to image quality and generosity of downloadable kilobite content. Come on Japan, get with it! You’re embarassing yourselves. You have spectacular photos of the Earth from the Moon to share, why not let the world see them in all their glory? Give the masses something to contemplate other than their navels!

By: R. Lynn Jackman

R. Lynn Jackman — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:51:31 +0000

Hi. Just to let you know this is not our first look at Mercury’s side not seen by Marianer 10. There were some radar images made showing a crater that’s the twin of Tycho a few years back. This was in 2003. It was made with the Arecibo radar dish. The year before there was another image of Mercury unphotographed side. There were also some new information last year on the unseen side.