View Interstellar Comet 3i/atlas Through Nasa's Multiple Lenses
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NASA shares images of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas through multiple lenses, sparking discussion on the accessibility of raw data from NASA's observations.
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thegrim33
about 1 month ago
If anybody at NASA is reading, please make the original FITS / raw files for things more accessible. There's too much of a chasm between rendered images which are quickly and freely shared with the public, and with the kafkaesque journey I have to go through to get access to raw data (which most of the time is only released months/years later, if at all). I know the vast majority of the public has no use for the raws, but for amateur/citizen scientists it'd be nice for them to be more readily/easily accessible.
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