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Originally posted by wylekat
reply to post by Phage
I'm gonna do something a tad (stupid? Unbelievable?) interesting... and Somewhat disagree with you. *ducks*
I magnified the image to almost ridiculous sizes in Photoshop and looked around. I can see the Milky way faintly in the background, and the points of light all have 4 reflections at 4 points around them.
What I canNOT explain is the dupes- I abused the image as I usually do- no cuts, clones, pastes, or other obvious jiggery at all in the pic. I DID however find some solid pixels which I cannot explain (due to the fact I dont know what area on the shuttle this is shot, Brightness, ect.) I believe the solid white pixels are internal lights or camera artifacts, the ones that are diffuse are stars. Doesnt explain the 'stars' outside- unless there's something with built in camouflage. This is only my opinion, and I stand by blindfolded for the coming carnage (if any)
Sometimes, I just gotta wonder if Nasa doesn't release this stuff so people like us DO pull our hair out trying to figure out the weirdness...)
Originally posted by CHRLZ
Wylekat, are you familiar with astrometry? It basically means that if you have an image containing a star field, it can be tested and recognised against a database of visible stars, even if it is of relatively low quality. So, can you post a crop of the area you think is the Milky Way, or the items that are definitely stars, and I'll get it analysed (and show you how it works).
Originally posted by Anjaba
Reply To Doc Velocity: I agree that it could have been some sort of coordinate or something, but why do that when this is available ISS Tracker .gov
Seems kind of pointless to remove something because of "National Security" when it is available in other places..
Originally posted by wylekat
Wow. And all I did was say what I SAW. I didnt say it was fact, oh, so gloriously smarter than me (not).
You're belching at someone who has managed to tease stars out of Apollo pics.
This pic just plain confuses me and everyone else- so take your childish noises outside, k?
Originally posted by Tearman
Originally posted by CHRLZ
Wylekat, are you familiar with astrometry? It basically means that if you have an image containing a star field, it can be tested and recognised against a database of visible stars, even if it is of relatively low quality. So, can you post a crop of the area you think is the Milky Way, or the items that are definitely stars, and I'll get it analysed (and show you how it works).
What computer program do you use to do this? I'd be very interested in knowing. Until your post, I was under the impression that matching an image containing a pattern of stars to their counterparts in the sky was a difficult problem.
Originally posted by JPhish
Nice find.
Just checked it in photo shop.
It's EXACTLY same star cluster.
The only star that is different in luminosity is the one on the top left.
No way this is a coincidence in my opinion.
Duplicate fields, they're hiding something as usual.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Anjaba
Well, if they aren't stars then it isn't a "fake star field", is it?
You'll have a hard time finding any images of the space station with any stars in it. Exposure issues.
Originally posted by TrappedSoul
reply to post by TrappedSoul
Did nobody see my post?! NASA has now openly admitted that they have edited this image to make it more appealing!
Originally posted by sapien82
whats is the thing next to the ISS here above to the right
ISS