tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7255205.post-78379483933725292072008-05-20T06:38:00.005+09:302008-05-21T23:15:47.967+09:30Saturn Mars and the Beehive from STEREO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_FgKwPBKWZpo/SDHsqrcYYxI/AAAAAAAAAfk/8oN08nJg6sk/s1600-h/Saturn_Beehive.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_FgKwPBKWZpo/SDHsqrcYYxI/AAAAAAAAAfk/8oN08nJg6sk/s320/Saturn_Beehive.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202199262550057746" border="0" /></a>While we are waiting for <a href="http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2008/05/mars-in-beehive-21-24may.html">Mars to transit the Beehive cluster</a>, there is another transit of the Beehive we can watch. From the point of view of the STEREO H2 camera, <strike>Saturn</strike> Mars passed in from of the Beehive last week. The image to the left shows <strike>Saturn</strike> Mars in the Beehive, and the animation below shows <strike>Saturn</strike> Mars transiting the Beehive.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> <a href="http://cometal.bigblog.com.au/">Comet Al</a> points out that this is Mars, not Saturn. Man, I really have to double check object locations in the STEREO field. Especially after I embarrassingly misidentified Boattini as McNaught on the Comet-ml list (sigh).<br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-d05ed84c74af047f" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqgAAABjzXX0P2a8vxnDt-OvRPGA_LRqO5pqvZbe7t-WqCx48shHKbVwlSlWIHh275n-x2a0cXh0j9xwvQHGdIg_-qhkJs0dsqEvDMIYEnIny8grrn1wv8ZWcAW5s2bNJV7K04Z5hoAQgpIN7PsaF-GyOMTg6z4tJ86ZnalMQIT8hfKbORrWIqKSMMgeTa1V2WICjg-NnR_rHJyswzwJ_IJPbT0UaNL47q2sBve2iSMbccCHC%26sigh%3Db1AwOyek9L-QsOfSPk939rm620w%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&nogvlm=1&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dd05ed84c74af047f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DljjSB4zV-1Q_dpSU2ykvbJL8Tyk&messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den">
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