The Magnificent Neptunian System - Voyager 2 Data Revisited

[goober (Doug)]

Amazing shot. It's now the current APOD.

[MrB (Simon)]

It was a sure bet, congrats on another APOD Rolf!

[iceman (Mike)]

woo go Rolf! It was a natural choice!

[alistairsam]

Stunning and ingenious work as usual Rolf,
sorry, silly question, but how come the inner ring at the top is behind the planet and the two rings are behind at the bottom as well.

Cheers
Alistair

[JD2439975 (Justin)]

Yet another beautiful and worthy APOD Rolf, congrats.

But we're not jealous...well I'm not jealous...OK maybe a bit.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Very cool Rolf. Awesome.

Thank you Marc

Originally Posted by AG Hybrid

If you look carefully. That feature at the illuminated side of Neptune looks similar in shape to the polar storm on Saturn.

Great picture btw.

Thanks Adrian, the verdict is still out on whether it is a polygonal shape or not. Phil Plait has made an excellent write-up about the image: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astro...th_planet.html
It'll be interesting to hear what the scientists think. I had another look at the raw Voyager images and in some of them the dark band around the South Pole sometimes does look slightly polygonal and in others it seems more circular. Either way, this is a fantastic planet

Originally Posted by Jon

Mind-blowing work.

Time for us all to start thinking about the outer planets as New Horizons starts to get within a year of Pluto ...

Thank you Jonathan, yes I can't wait for the upcoming Pluto images!

Originally Posted by goober

Amazing shot. It's now the current APOD.

Thanks Doug

Originally Posted by MrB

It was a sure bet, congrats on another APOD Rolf!

Thanks a lot Simon. One never knows what'll make it to APOD though
BTW this is my first APOD.

Originally Posted by iceman

woo go Rolf! It was a natural choice!

Thanks very much Mike

Originally Posted by alistairsam

Stunning and ingenious work as usual Rolf,
sorry, silly question, but how come the inner ring at the top is behind the planet and the two rings are behind at the bottom as well.

Cheers
Alistair

Thank you Alistair, it is Neptunes shadow that darkens the inner rings at the top. It just misses the outermost Adams ring though, hence why it does look like the rings might be behind the planet as you say

Originally Posted by JD2439975

Yet another beautiful and worthy APOD Rolf, congrats.

But we're not jealous...well I'm not jealous...OK maybe a bit.

Thanks justin

[Varangian (John)]

Originally Posted by Jon

Mind-blowing work.

Time for us all to start thinking about the outer planets as New Horizons starts to get within a year of Pluto ...

And the other TNOs. Really looking forward to this...

[MrB (Simon)]

Originally Posted by SkyViking

BTW this is my first APOD.

OOPS!
Sorry Rolf, dunno why I thought there was an APOD with your Cent A data?

[atalas]

Good work Rolf!

[Sebbie (Sebastian)]

Amazing.. truly fantastic result Rolf, I hope ice giants will get their own orbiters one day.

Cheers,
Sebastian

[big_dav_2001 (Davin)]

I just saw that this has been shared by the 'From Quarks to Quasars' Facebook page, and described as "The most incredible image of Neptune you'll ever see"..

A great photo Rolf, absolutely incredible work..

The associated article is here

Davin

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by Varangian

And the other TNOs. Really looking forward to this...

Yes, it'll be amazing. NASA is currently searching for suitable KBO's for New Horizons to visit after the Pluto encounter.

Originally Posted by MrB

OOPS!
Sorry Rolf, dunno why I thought there was an APOD with your Cent A data?

No it never made it there - but perhaps I just need more exposure time!

Originally Posted by atalas

Good work Rolf!

Thanks very much Louie.

Originally Posted by Sebbie

Amazing.. truly fantastic result Rolf, I hope ice giants will get their own orbiters one day.

Cheers,
Sebastian

Thank you Sebastian, yes unfortunately NASA's Uranus Orbiter got canned, but we can still hope...

Originally Posted by big_dav_2001

I just saw that this has been shared by the 'From Quarks to Quasars' Facebook page, and described as "The most incredible image of Neptune you'll ever see"..

A great photo Rolf, absolutely incredible work..

The associated article is here

Davin

Thanks a lot Davin, and thanks for the link!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by big_dav_2001

I just saw that this has been shared by the 'From Quarks to Quasars' Facebook page, and described as "The most incredible image of Neptune you'll ever see"..

A great photo Rolf, absolutely incredible work..

The associated article is here

Davin

Another great write up about this amazing piece of Olsenography

Mike
ps: recognise the image in the right half of that web page's header banner?

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

ps: recognise the image in the right half of that web page's header banner?

Aah c'est La Moustache! Good on you Mike

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Aah c'est La Moustache! Good on you Mike

Ah oui oui

[alpal]

What an excellent processing job.
A well deserved APOD:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140515.html

[Asso (Brett)]

that is magnificent. To see a picture of one of the solar systems gas ice planets at that angle is breath taking.

[Phil Hart]

I missed this at the time but have to add my note of praise. A wonderful fusion of art and science, both of the highest standard!

Phil

[gary]

Brilliant effort! An image that is bound to have a very long life in the
digital realm.

[seedy (Chris)]

Just
WOW!