Tuesday, December 29, 2015


HAMO 83 has just been released onto the JPL Photojournal. I've also updated the gallery and the imaging location map to reflect this entry.
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 83, released on 12-29-2015
Image 83
Imaging location map (2015-12-29)
Imaging location map

Monday, December 28, 2015







Just a short update today (for now). I've downloaded all of the raw Hubble data targeting Pluto, from the FOC (Faint Object Camera) and ACS/HRC (Advanced Cameras for Surveys/High Resolution Channel). I am in the process of converting these images to more usable products and will create a gallery for these for anyone interested in the data.

For more raw Hubble data, I recommend this particular archive search engine. When looking for objects such as Pluto, be sure to spell it in ALL CAPS and change the 'Resolver' setting to 'Don't Resolve'

Saturday, December 26, 2015







HAMO 50 through HAMO 59 have been added to the gallery.


High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 59
Image 59
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 58
Image 58
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 57
Image 57
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 56
Image 56
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 55
Image 55
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 54
Image 54
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 53
Image 53
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 52
Image 52
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 51
Image 51
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 50
Image 50

Thursday, December 24, 2015








In the future I hope to mesh this blog and what I tweet on Twitter, but for now, feel free to follow me there as well @zldoyle.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015







Doesn't seem like any new public releases will come out until after the upcoming holiday. New Horizons won't be updating their public release data until January 8th. Hopefully Dawn will resume prior to that.

In the mean time, this gives me a chance to update the gallery more. I've added H60-H65.


High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 65, released on 11-27-2015
Image 65
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 64, released on 11-26-2015
Image 64
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 63, released on 11-25-2015
Image 63
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 62, released on 11-24-2015
Image 62
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 61, released on 11-23-2015
Image 61
High Altitude Mapping Orbit Image 60, released on 11-20-2015
Image 60

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

HAMO 82 primarily features Hamori crater in the Zadeni quadrangle, near the Cerian South Pole.

Low Altitude Mapping Orbit (LAMO) have also just been posted today.

I haven't updated this blog in over a year. Currently I have focused my efforts on planetary science and image processing. I will be slowly adding those products to several galleries that will turn up here in an organized manner eventually. The one I've just added features images processed from the Dawn mission, currently orbiting (1) Ceres, the largest object in the Asteroid Belt. Their team currently releases a single image every day. I've made it a goal to locate and place an outline of the regions these images cover and provide that product to the public in the hopes of spurring further interest in an incredible world that may only seem simple, bleak and grey to most.


The Pluto-Charon system has been of great interest to me as well and I've also released a multitude of products covering the New Horizons mission as well. However, lately my focus has been on developing my own algorithms to better process the data to bring further clarity of the images. Recently an image I released was featured on the front cover of the Planetary Report, for which I'm very proud and grateful to see my work can be enjoyed by so many. Look for these images to be uploaded soon as well.


In the future, I also plan to do some more reblogging of stories I've found interesting. This will hopefully become another feature with the ones I outlined previously. The previous features will also receive more attention in the future, but I must say, they will likely be more of a novelty bit rather than the proposed weekly addition.