Thanks Allen , yep...those are the ones I was thinking of. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Thomson" <thomsona@flash.net> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:13 PM Subject: Re: Very Hi-Resoution Adaptive Optics Satellite Image > > --- John Locker <john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > >> >> I dont mean this one..... >> http://www-int.stsci.edu/~jordan/sts107/notstarfire.html which was >> obviously an amateur image..............I recall seeing an image of >> Columbia which was so good , you could read the logo on the wing. > > Perhaps you're thinking of these, > http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/030225amos/visible.html , > which were taken from Maui and obviously used some sort of atmospheric > compensation technique. And a big telescope. > > However, as far as the Russian images go, the picture of their > equipment suggests the telescope has a very modest aperture -- I'd > guess well below a meter. In which case the images, which look to have > resolutions of a couple of tenths of an arc second, are close to > diffraction-limited. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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