Albireo380 Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Today in 1977, Voyager I was launched.It bypassed Jupiter in 1977 and Saturn in 1981. It is now somewhere on the edge of the Solar System, near the Heliopause.Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonCopestake Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Today in 1977, Voyager I was launched.It bypassed Jupiter in 1977 and Saturn in 1981. It is now somewhere on the edge of the Solar System, near the Heliopause.TomI thought it hit Jupiter in '79? It's impressive it's still going really. I was born in '77 and im barely still going hehe. 30 next year! It's all down hill from there on Voyager! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geppetto Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 You cant admire those people enough 8)When you think what they achieved with the technology of the time :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonCopestake Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 I've got more computing power in my mobile phone than they had when they launched voyager! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OXO Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 The Probe was still Transmitting up until recently too, an amazing era in Space Probes and one i feel will take some beating for many a moon to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 It just amazes me that it`s gone from earth to :jupiter: and is still going.It kinda scary to think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLO Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 It is now somewhere on the edge of the Solar System, near the Heliopause.Was I the only one wondering where and what the 'Heliopause' is...Being too embarassed to ask, I had a quick Google and turned up the following:The point at which the solar wind meets the interstellar medium or solar wind from other stars.www.pgd.hawaii.edu/eschool/glossary.htmthe boundary between the solar system and interstellar space.www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/resources/solar.system/Glossary.htmlthe boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind and the wind from other stars meet. Way to go Voyager 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsjag Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Good call Steve 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazOC Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 There was a very good article last month in S@N last month on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroman Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 You shouldn't be embarrassed to ask, Steve. That's what we're here for, especially me. I'd have answered it, but probably not come up with that cool graphic! 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLO Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Image courtesy of Google/NASA .... the next best thing to Astroman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 So, it's a fair way out, then?? :shock:An amazing achievment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroman Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Image courtesy of Google/NASA .... the next best thing to Astroman Maybe better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroman Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 BTW, I just read an article in Science about, well, the science they discovered with the Voyager's approaching and leaving the heliopause. They were actually able to detect and measure the swelling and shrinking of it, due to the solar cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLO Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 See! Google didn't tell me that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OXO Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 This is were it ends up :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 That`s a point where will it end up.Maybe a black hole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsjag Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 James, you've surpassed yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 How long are the signals taking to reach us, anyone know?(I s'pose I could google it.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroman Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 If the heliopause is ~100 AU from the Sun, then it takes about 10 hours for the signals to reach us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OXO Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 James, you've surpassed yourself!Hehe it's an old Astro Art pic i did infact one of the First ThanksJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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