Complaint Dept. for Tutorial Update - Movie #11
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Complaint Dept. for Tutorial Update - Movie #11
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Oh thank you my nVidia GeForce FX 6200 GPU and vibrant 17" screen. That is a tough one and if that is the nature of the interstellar dust, then we won't be breezing through this as fast as some of us thought. I do have to say, the stardust aerogel is a LOT cleaner then I had thought. Mir had some pretty funky and dirty aerogel. Can't wait for those rescans. Keep up the good work everyone at JSC and Berkeley.
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Another track....???
On this tutorial there is an anomaly in the lower left corner, about 40 microns from the left as well as from the bottom.
In contrast to the other imperfections this seems to gain some focus when going down below the surface.
Some of the other spots i interpret as being small aerogel fragments (the lighter ones when above surface) This one in the corner though seems to get a lighter center with a darker ring around it when focussing on the lowest 2 bars of the focus selector.
Can anyone confirm what this is? Do I need a better monitor, a pair of glasses or do i get first naming rights...
In contrast to the other imperfections this seems to gain some focus when going down below the surface.
Some of the other spots i interpret as being small aerogel fragments (the lighter ones when above surface) This one in the corner though seems to get a lighter center with a darker ring around it when focussing on the lowest 2 bars of the focus selector.
Can anyone confirm what this is? Do I need a better monitor, a pair of glasses or do i get first naming rights...
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Yup, I can see this too, not the same as the track, but definatly there. One thing I did try was a rapid change in focus, and it blooms out more like a dust partical than the track does.On this tutorial there is an anomaly in the lower left corner, about 40 microns from the left as well as from the bottom.
It's also interesting to see the the shading over the area, and how that changes with the focus depth, I think there is a slight range of focus for the surface too.
It's all very interesting, roll on the real ones.
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contrast of views or pictures
Hi yall,
Why less contrast in the new view #11 in the tutorial? Below are views #3 and new view #11 from tutorial. View #11 seems to have a darker background... not only seems to have a darker background, the background is darker.
View #3
New View #11
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fjgiie
Why less contrast in the new view #11 in the tutorial? Below are views #3 and new view #11 from tutorial. View #11 seems to have a darker background... not only seems to have a darker background, the background is darker.
View #3
New View #11
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fjgiie
Well as stated by Anna, movie 11 is the real thing, the rest are samples from a MIR mission as well as from earthbound tests. Presumably there are differences in sample thickness and maybe even the color of the aerogel.
It is said before, and i think it will be said again: This is new territory so expect the unexpected.
It is said before, and i think it will be said again: This is new territory so expect the unexpected.
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Re: contrast of views or pictures
fjgiie wrote:Hi yall,
Why less contrast in the new view #11 in the tutorial? Below are views #3 and new view #11 from tutorial. View #11 seems to have a darker background... not only seems to have a darker background, the background is darker.fjgiie
Could the Mir sample vews be at a higher magnification affecting the apparent brightness?
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Re: contrast of views or pictures
Hi George,
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fjgiie
If the 100 micron scale below pictures in tutorial is correct then they are all taken at the same magnification... about 381 power or 381X. Now my math could be way off It ain't good as it once was but it's good once as... i need a napgcarlsen wrote:Could the Mir sample vews be at a higher magnification affecting the apparent brightness?
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fjgiie
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Hi Folks,
Have to agree with you. That is a hard track to see. This is why we need all of your eyes and minds helping with this project.
To answer one question, the scale of the Stardust images is the same as the MIR and simulated images. I'll defer to Anna as to the question about the background illumination.
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Have to agree with you. That is a hard track to see. This is why we need all of your eyes and minds helping with this project.
To answer one question, the scale of the Stardust images is the same as the MIR and simulated images. I'll defer to Anna as to the question about the background illumination.
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Wolter, fjgiie -
Hi. Yes, you're both right. The lighting is an issue for us.
We imaged the Mir and lab aerogel in our lab in Berkeley with all the tricks we've learned in imaging aerogel: reflected light, side lighting and a mirror underneath gives the best possible contrast.
The interstellar collector tiles are all still in the collector (we're not allowed to reach over the tiles, let alone remove them!) so we can't use side lighting. The edges have an aluminum foil rim at the back, but we do use a mirror underneath the central part of the tile which has no backing - this significantly brightens up the aerogel.
We are constantly trying to improve the quality of the movies.
The Movie #11 track is a 'real' track from a lab shot which has been digitally cropped, rescaled and inserted into a thousand Stardust movies to make our calibration and test movies. The color may not match absolutely perfectly, but we do screen the calibration movies individually to try and make them fair.
Tutorial Movie #11 is an example of about the hardest calibration movie you'll see.
We don't want to have easy calibration/test movies and then find the interstellar dust tracks are much more difficult to find in reality. Having some tricky calibration movies is also an opportunity for our most observant searchers to stand out.
And in our 'keep it in beta' spirit, we can update the tutorial with some real Stardust examples as we go along.
cheers!
Anna
Wolter, fjgiie -
Hi. Yes, you're both right. The lighting is an issue for us.
We imaged the Mir and lab aerogel in our lab in Berkeley with all the tricks we've learned in imaging aerogel: reflected light, side lighting and a mirror underneath gives the best possible contrast.
The interstellar collector tiles are all still in the collector (we're not allowed to reach over the tiles, let alone remove them!) so we can't use side lighting. The edges have an aluminum foil rim at the back, but we do use a mirror underneath the central part of the tile which has no backing - this significantly brightens up the aerogel.
We are constantly trying to improve the quality of the movies.
The Movie #11 track is a 'real' track from a lab shot which has been digitally cropped, rescaled and inserted into a thousand Stardust movies to make our calibration and test movies. The color may not match absolutely perfectly, but we do screen the calibration movies individually to try and make them fair.
Tutorial Movie #11 is an example of about the hardest calibration movie you'll see.
We don't want to have easy calibration/test movies and then find the interstellar dust tracks are much more difficult to find in reality. Having some tricky calibration movies is also an opportunity for our most observant searchers to stand out.
And in our 'keep it in beta' spirit, we can update the tutorial with some real Stardust examples as we go along.
cheers!
Anna
Harder to pick up certainly. I think finding the surface could take some practice as there seems to be less to go on.
Bring on the real ones though. My systems seems able to cope (I hope). What does seem to help is if you max out the brightness. I just tried this and it bring the track up much more clearly
Bring on the real ones though. My systems seems able to cope (I hope). What does seem to help is if you max out the brightness. I just tried this and it bring the track up much more clearly
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Hi all,
I also viewed #11 from the tutorial and found it very hard to perceive the track, but there is one more way to enhance your recognition for tiny details: use a magnifier (software, of course). As I'm running Linux I used KMag in a project for searching near earth asteroids. A similiar app is certainly part of Windows. You may try that out with the tutorial image #11 and talk about your experience.
Klaus
I also viewed #11 from the tutorial and found it very hard to perceive the track, but there is one more way to enhance your recognition for tiny details: use a magnifier (software, of course). As I'm running Linux I used KMag in a project for searching near earth asteroids. A similiar app is certainly part of Windows. You may try that out with the tutorial image #11 and talk about your experience.
Klaus
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