Cassini image database & updates, And notifications of PDS data releases |
Cassini image database & updates, And notifications of PDS data releases |
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I have noticed that the January 1, 2007 Cassini PDS release is already available, see http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/data/cassi...assini_orbiter/
I haven't downloaded all of the imaging data and I'm just beginning to digest what I already have but there are some beautiful images of Enceladus' plumes and satellite mutual events, images of the G and D rings and interesting images of Saturn's nightside and fairly good Iapetus images. Radar and VIMS is also available. All in all a nice 'Christmas gift' ![]() |
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This turned out to be a more interesting release than I had expected. Because of all of the recent Enceladus flybys in the extended mission I had managed to completely forget that this release includes the first targeted Enceladus flyby in 2008 (it occurred on March 12). The best images are in directory 1584035653_1584189857 on the coiss_2042 volume.
There are also interesting low phase images of Rhea from ~550,000 km where the phase angle drops down to 0.05 degrees. They are in directory 1579255943_1579280127 on the coiss_2041 volume. These are the best low phase Rhea observations so far and nicely reveal the opposition surge: My measurements may be a bit crude but the result is obvious. At this scale the brightness at exactly zero phase is probably ~1.1. |
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