[G4] New system...

[Joseph B. Gurman]

     James Asherman wrote:

>Really great real-world observations.
>I wish I had stayed in high school so that I could get such a cool job.
>Do you post these animations?

     Needless to say, there's not too much market for 1.7 Gbyte 
downloads.... and in any case, they're done in proprietary, 
scientific visualization software, so there's the $1500 license fee, 
too (though only something like $179 for students.... good reason to 
go back to school ;-).

     We reduce the format (to 512 x 512) and cast the animation in 
MPEG format to reduce the file size. Take a look at:

	http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mpeg/ .

     For some recent excitement, see:

	http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/# .

If you have the bandwidth for the 33 Mbyte download, it's quite nice. 
These were all done by automated processes or by a colleague. The 
ones I do are either for transcription to broadcast quality TV or.... 
shudder.... science. (I stayed in high school, and college, and 
graduate school.... then I wasn't qualified for anything else!)

     Best,

						Joe Gurman
-- 
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by."
                                                             - Douglas 
Adams, 1952 - 2001

Joseph B. Gurman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar Physics
Branch, Greenbelt MD 20771 USA