Reseau grid crosshairs just visible in the famous Aldrin shot |
A fun way to get up to speed on space jargon, by proposing better meanings for exciting-sounding words from way way up beyond the atmosphere. There are many fabulous words used in the space business every day -- bring them into your workplace with you, fresh with new meanings, and impress your co-workers. With a nod to Douglas Adams and John Lloyd who did something much more powerful for placenames, this was inspired by The Snowball Herminator, who takes all credit and no responsibility.
2011-03-02
Reseau
A reseau is a grid of points or marks placed in a photograph by a transparent plate very carefully and precisely aligned with the camera's optics. This provides a stable and reliable basis for measuring objects in a photograph and for detecting and correcting distortions in the photograph. The Hasselblad cameras used on the moon were fitted with reseau plates.
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