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Stereo View of the Sun

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fly-on-the-wall dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "NASA's STEREO mission will be launched in 2006 with the goal of imaging the sun and the solar winds in 3-D. According to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), two identical spacecrafts will be placed in different orbits to provide us with 'stereo' views of the Sun. After the launch in Spring 2006, the two observatories will be separated after a couple of months, one orbiting ahead of the Earth, and the other staying behind. So we should be able to see the Sun in 3-D in less than a year."

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  1. Do Not Stare Into Sun With Remaining Good Eye by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing for you to see anymore. Please stumble along.

    1. Re: Do Not Stare Into Sun With Remaining Good Eye by GillBates0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      And good luck trying to view the "stereo view" with the one remaining eye.

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  2. Can't we do that already? by johndierks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can't I see the sun in 3-D right now, by looking out the window?

    1. Re:Can't we do that already? by Darius+Jedburgh · · Score: 3, Funny

      Clearly your head isn't big enough. Stereo views of distant objects are just more things that are better when your head is the size of a planet.

    2. Re:Can't we do that already? by bizard · · Score: 5, Funny
      better when your head is the size of a planet.

      yeah, but then people give you menial tasks like escorting humans around and opening doors...it all gets very depressing

  3. The Old Technology Was Better... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So a box with a pin hole is no longer cutting edge technology?

  4. Stereo by steveo777 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait, stereo is only two channels. Wouldn't Dolby make more sense?

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    1. Re:Stereo by Ignominious+Cow+Herd · · Score: 2, Funny

      That would take "Blinded me with Science" to a whole new level.

      What? Oh. Not THAT Dolby?

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  5. How about 180 Degrees? by Lev13than · · Score: 4, Funny

    This 'stereo' view seems a bit silly, since we already know what it looks like from our perspective. I'd like to see a satellite positioned 180 degrees from earth along our orbit, so that we can finally get a look at the dark side of the sun.

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    1. Re:How about 180 Degrees? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      You moron. There would be nothing to see: there's no light on the darkside of the sun.

    2. Re:How about 180 Degrees? by gardyloo · · Score: 4, Funny

      You moron. There would be nothing to see: there's no light on the darkside of the sun.

            Duh. It could carry solar-powered flashlights!

  6. Re:Looks like... by Mayhem178 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They didn't turn down the detail...someone turned up the contrast! I've been staring for 3 hours now and all I see is a big white dot!

    Whoa, if I look away all I see is a big black dot. Damn you, you who messes with the contrast in my head!

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  7. It burns! IT BURNS! by digitaldc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stereo Suns are NOT cool.

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  8. It's 3-D! by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Funny

    You would need a box with TWO pinholes to equal this advance in technology!

    The trick is making one pinhole red and the other blue...

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    1. Re:It's 3-D! by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I must be getting old... :P

  9. Stupid frickn' NASA Wasting Money by OzPeter · · Score: 3, Funny

    (grumble, whinge, complain)

    Fat lot of good its going to me .. I am blind in one eye, so I *can't* see in 3-D .. No matter how good the fricking cameras are .. I'll still see in 2-D. Waste of money .. blah .. blah .. blah ...

    (/grumble, whinge, complain)

    (And for the humour impaired .. yes that was not to be taken seriously .. even though I *am* blind in one eye)

    (And for the spelling impaired .. American English is *not* my native tongue)

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  10. Launch at night by sapped · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope they realise that they need to launch these craft at night otherwise the sun is going to burn them to a crisp.

  11. Glory Be! by Octopus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just when I was losing faith in NASA...

    THE HUBBLE VIEWMASTER

    http://www.worldwideslides.com/View-Master/sp.html

  12. Re:Looks like... by Octopus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please use the Adobe Gamma Wizard applet in your neural net interface.

    Has this Knowledge Base article helped you?

    * No * Yes * I hate you.

  13. This article is useless by Hugonz · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can just look out the window straight into it, and then I'll be able to seeNOOOOOO MY EYES!!!!!!!!!

  14. Re:Make your own 3D images of Mars and things by Jugalator · · Score: 2, Funny

    And they keep claiming there isn't life on Mars...

    Pfft...
    http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/spotlight/images/3d01h. jpg

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  15. Can't...Resist...Karma Burn by emarkp · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ze goggles! Zey do nuzing!

  16. Spoiler by kiwioddBall · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its largely spherical with flares shooting out. Can I have some money?