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Just Like Being There!
Jul 17, 2008 | 11:24 AM
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Hey Fellow Fox 5'ers!

The Japanese have put together an INCREDIBLE fly-around video of Tycho Crater - visible on the bottom half of tonight's Full Moon as a bright rayed crater. The video was put together using images from JAXA's Kaguya lunar spacecraft's Terrain Camera and a topgographical computer model of Tycho's terrain. It is as close to being there as possible. NASA's LRO will have better resolution with its' cameras, but wow, what a hard act to follow. Congratulations JAXA!

It takes a bit to download the 26MB vidoe, but man oh man is it worth it!

http://wms.selene.jaxa.jp/data/jpn/tc/012/tycho_20m
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SkyGuy

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Mountaineerfan read my blog view my photos
Jul 18, 2008 | 4:21 PM

You're right Skyguy,that is awesome.Pretty spectacular.The level of detail is amazing.
SkyGuy read my blog view my photos
Jul 18, 2008 | 4:47 PM

I will never look at Tycho the same way through the eyepiece again. I will be able to "interpret" what I am seeing much better now.

SkyGuy
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SkyGuy

Hi, my name is Greg Redfern and you may have seen me on Fox 5 or heard me on WTOP and Washington Post Radio talking about space and astronomy. I write a weekly astronomy column for WTOP News called "What's Up: The Space Place" and I am a NASA-Jet Propulsion Lab Solar System Ambassador. Be sure to visit Astrocast.tv for the latest webcast episode. Space related stuff is my passion. If you have any space or astronomy related questions please let me know.

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