Re: [meteorite-list] Iron Meteorite on Mars (Color Photo)

[Chris Peterson]

The number of pixels has nothing to do with resolution. What matters is the 
size of each pixel and the focal length of the camera. In the case of the 
Pancam, that's 16um and 38mm, giving a resolution of about one arcminute- 
slightly better than the human eye.

Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Iron Meteorite on Mars (Color Photo)

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:34:08 -0800, Nicholas Gessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:

I'd like to see it in the resolution they receive it in.
It's likely that the ones released for public consumption are lower Rez.
Are they?
It can never be too very high in resolution-- the CCD is only 1 megapixel:
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/pancam_techwed_040114.html
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