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Feb 24, 2021 · But — along with the orbital dynamics — these passes can also yield some unique and even unexpected views of the inner solar system. During the mission’s third Venus gravity assist on July 11, 2020, the onboard Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, or WISPR, captured a striking image of the planet’s nightside from 7,693 miles away.
Feb 9, 2022 · The first WISPR images of Venus were taken in July 2020 as Parker embarked on its third flyby, which the spacecraft uses to bend its orbit closer to the Sun. WISPR was designed to see faint features in the solar atmosphere and wind, and some scientists thought they might be able to use WISPR to image the cloud tops veiling Venus as Parker passed the planet.
Apr 16, 2021 · The dust ring stretches diagonally from the lower left to the upper right of the image. The bright objects are planets: from left to right, Earth, Venus, and Mercury. Part of the Milky Way galaxy is visible on the left side. The four frames of this composite image were captured on Aug. 25, 2019.
Feb 9, 2022 · The first WISPR images of Venus were taken in July 2020 as Parker embarked on its third flyby, which the spacecraft uses to bend its orbit closer to the Sun. WISPR was designed to see faint features in the solar atmosphere and wind, and some scientists thought they might be able to use WISPR to image the cloud tops veiling Venus as Parker passed the planet.
Feb 10, 2022 · The new WISPR images also show a bright rim of emission at the limb, associated with nightglow emission from molecular oxygen, somewhat analogous to auroral emissions observed at Earth. The first WISPR images of Venus were taken on July 11, 2020 as Parker Solar Probe embarked on its third flyby, which the spacecraft uses to bend its orbit closer to the Sun.
Venus from Parker Solar Probe. As Parker Solar Probe flew by Venus in February 2021, its WISPR instrument captured these images, strung into a video, showing the nightside surface of the planet.
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Feb 22, 2022 · For telescopic observers Venus is invariably a disappointing sight, because an unbroken canopy of clouds and haze conceals the planet’s surface from prying eyes. However, during the early 1980s, astronomers discovered that this veil is partially transparent at wavelengths invisible to the human eye, in the near-infrared region of the spectrum.
