HiROC Photos of Mars

The HiRISE Operations Center (HiROC) at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory is responsible for the majority of the ground data system work for the HiRISE instrument. Observation planning, uplink, downlink, data processing, and instrument monitoring are all performed at HiROC. The HiRISE camera is one of six instruments on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) which successfully went into orbit around Mars on March 10, 2006.

They have some remarkable photographs of mars available at a range of resolutions. They've got stuff at 10 inches a pixel on there. A lot of it has been filtered as well and is in color. If you are interested in mars and want to see some stunning photos, I recommend checking it out. What got me there today was a link to this photo of Jupiter taken by the MRO. The full browser version also shows Jupiter's major satellites.

Get a scope!

[FortKnox]

A fantastic picture from a large scope, but you can see the satelites of Jupiter with a 6"scope like what I have. I can see 3 at least, not all, but they are definitely there!

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[stoolpigeon]

yeah - i know. i need to start saving.

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[arb]

The Celestron nexStar [celestron.com] series is nice and affordable. I have the NexStar 5SE and couldn't be happier. ;^)