ESC1325@ESOC.BITNET (02/13/89)
Refers to Jim Moskowitz, who is searching for planetary misison videos:
If you are not restricted to NASA missions, here is one source:
The Max-Planck-Institute for Aeronomy (which built the camera
on ESA's Giotto spacecraft to Halley's comet) sells video tapes
with a short (10 min approx) animation of the approach to Halley's
nucleus.
The sequence shows nicely how the black comet nucleus emerges from
from the bright sunlit dust coma, how more and more features
on its surface show up as the probe approaches and, in the last
seconds, how the images degrade as the camera mirror gets
damages in the cometary duststorm.
The tape can be ordered for all kinds of TV systems (VHS tape,
PAL, NTSC and Secam System or U-matic high/low key) and
comes for approx. 50 US-$ for private/academic use and
approx. 200 US-$ for public presentation use (VHS tapes).
For details you should contact
Dr. H.U. Keller
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie
Postfach 20
D-3411 Katlenburg-Lindau
Federal Republic of Germany
His EARN e-mail address is U0166@DGOGWDG5, on SPAN ECD1::LINMPI::KELLER
Personally I like the sequence very much, as I remember that night
here in the control centre. The images displayed on that night
were very cryptic due to the false colours used, but the
processed ones in "real colour" are much better.
Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are mine, not ESA's or mbp's.
No guarantee, no liability.
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