China`s Longjiang-2 satellite has captured an incredible image featuring both the far side of the Moon and Earth in the background. The data was received by the Netherlands` Dwingeloo Radio Telescope from an amateur radio transceiver built by a team at China`s Harbin University of Technology.
The satellite first provided the team with partial images of the Moon and Earth back in October, but then was inactive to avoid interfering with China`s Chang`e 4 Lunar mission. The satellite resumed activity on January 19 and captured a time-lapse, including one featuring the Moon`s far side and Earth, on February 3.
Team effort: @bg2bhc created and planned all commands, @KuehnReinhard uplinked them to the satellite, the operators of the Dwingeloo telescope, today @cgbassa, @tammojan and @cosmicpudding, downloaded the results. Uncorrected image attached. More next week! pic.twitter.com/Eu4VmC1X7B
- Dwingeloo Telescoop (@radiotelescoop) February 4, 2019
According to the team`s initial report, the images have been color corrected by radio amateurs. A team shared an uncorrected version of the image on Twitter, seen above.
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