Press release text In this dir there are several different views of the new moon data: ANY OF THESE IMAGES ARE FREELY AVAILABLE TO THE MEDIA FOR NEWS PUBLICATIONS -- NO COPYRIGHT PERMISSIONS ARE NEEDED FOR NORMAL PRESS PUBLICATIONS there are 4 main files: COLOR_raw.ps COLOR_raw.jpg COLOR_raw.tif >>> these files are each just raw color images of the press release image there are NO graphics, and the quality is HIGH for all formats. COLOR_simple.ps COLOR_simple.jpg >>> here we have added the the moon's orbit as a result of this added graphic the postscript file (.ps) has HIGH image quality but the .jpg (JPEG) is of lower (but still OK) quality. COLOR_labels.ps COLOR_labels.jpg >>> here we added TEXT to the figure. The postscript quality is HIGH. The JPEG quality is lower. COLOR_labels_caption.ps >>> here we have added the figure caption as well. Quality is HIGH. discovery.jpg >>> are the "raw" (i.e. not image-processed) discovery.ps images from which the discovery was made on Nov 1 1998. Shows primary asteroid, with satellite (white blob to upper left at about 10:30 position) large_scale.gif (gif is image only, no caption) large_scale.ps >>> this is a larger scale view from which the "COLOR" blowups above is taken -- mostly useful as an artistic view of the data -- the large "cross" is an optical artifact of the telescope ---------------------------------------------------------------- In the "movie" subdirectory: the files from Nov1 to Nov10_color.jpg are color images of each of the individual nights. Quality is HIGH. (no text or graphics are included) movie.gif >>> this is a gif animation of the orbit
Last updated 06-Oct-1999 by Will Colwell