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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Cassini's ongoing mission and raw images _ Rev06 Observations

Posted by: volcanopele Apr 15 2005, 05:44 PM

The first of the Rhea images for this flyby are now up on the JPL Raw images page:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/raw-images-details.cfm?feiImageID=37899

This image shows the ray system seen in earlier opnav images more clearly than the higher resolution images taken during the last orbit thanks to better illuminator.

I have a post on my blog up now on the Icy satellite targets of this flyby, Rhea and Mimas:
http://volcanopele.blogspot.com/2005/04/rev06-icy-satellite-targets.html
The big news is that this flyby should provide our best observations to date of the innermost mid-sized icy satellite.

Posted by: volcanopele Apr 15 2005, 06:36 PM

I wasn't expecting these till tomorrow.

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/raw-images-details.cfm?feiImageID=37948

Posted by: Decepticon Apr 15 2005, 08:37 PM

What side of mimas is that?

And where is North?

Posted by: volcanopele Apr 15 2005, 08:52 PM

QUOTE (Decepticon @ Apr 15 2005, 01:37 PM)

What side of mimas is that?

And where is North?

North is to the left, maybe a little to the upper left (~290 degrees). This is the side opposite Herschel. the two prominent craters on the lower left part of the disk are Lancelot (upper) and Gwynevere (lower).

EDIT: Scratch that, north is the to top (~341 degrees). read the wrong column...

Posted by: Sunspot Apr 16 2005, 04:49 PM

More of Mimas:

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/raw-images-details.cfm?feiImageID=37982

Posted by: dilo May 21 2005, 07:41 AM

Ok, I know this happened more than a month ago, but I made some cool things with Mimas last flyby images which I want to share...
First, a time lapse sequence:
http://img281.echo.cx/img281/2188/mimasflyby200504150xv.gif
Then a couple of color images and corresponding enhanced color versions (in ordeer to see possible terrain differences):
First one is a true color (RGB filters):
http://img281.echo.cx/my.php?image=mimascolor12ow.jpg
http://img281.echo.cx/my.php?image=mimascolor1e0fa.jpg
Second one is an "extended color" (IR+G+UV) taken before:
http://img267.echo.cx/my.php?image=mimasirguv9ey.jpg
http://img281.echo.cx/my.php?image=mimasirguve6ko.jpg
Obviously, colors are only my guess (not radiometrically correct!)
Finally, a crossed-eyes stereo view (originated from N00032588+595):
http://img277.echo.cx/my.php?image=stereomimas7qo.jpg