Re: Ground-based picture of Shenzhou in orbit???

Allen Thomson (thomsona@flash.net)
Sun, 21 Nov 1999 17:24:15 -0600

Tristan Cools  responded


> At 15:32 21/11/99 -0600, you wrote:
>
> >Anyone know where this picture of Shenzhou in orbit came from?  It
doesn't
> >appear to be computer art -- perhaps the Chinese have been reading Ron
> >Dantowitz' articles in S&T. ;)
> >
> >http://  solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/graphics/p/p9inorb.jpg
>
>
> I don't think it is a groundbased photograph.
>
> Just look at:
>
> http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/graphics/p/p9mc20.jpg
>
> It is a blow up from the big screen at the Chinese control center.  It
> represents a computer drawing in very poor resolution just because of the
> blow up.

Hmmm.  I agree that the left-hand picture in the control center scene is the
same -- but based on similarities to other ground-based satellite imagery
I've seen,  I  still think we may be seeing a blurry picture of the real
thing rather than a  low-res computer graphic.

Maybe so, maybe not -- do we have any image specialists here who could do
relevant tests?


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