Rev 123 - Dec 18, 2009-Jan 3, 2010 - Prometheus |
Unmanned Spaceflight.com > Outer Solar System > Saturn > Cassini Huygens > Cassini's ongoing mission and raw imagesRev 123 - Dec 18, 2009-Jan 3, 2010 - Prometheus |
 Dec 21 2009, 05:20 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
I was struck by how much images like this...
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...5/N00148493.jpg ... remind me of the view through my 4.5" scope when I peer into it without the eyepiece. LOts of fascinating internal light reflections there... -------------------- |
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Dec 28 2009, 02:36 AM
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Perhaps we have an ongoing process of gradual deposition (precipitation?) interrupted by the occasional thwack of an impact knocking off most of it . . . . .
Or maybe mag field effects zorch some off when the field flips or Saturn passes thru the Jovian magneto tail. |
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Stu Rev 123 - Dec 18, 2009-Jan 3, 2010 - Prometheus Dec 21 2009, 05:20 PM
ugordan QUOTE (Stu @ Dec 21 2009, 06:20 PM) LOts ... Dec 21 2009, 05:22 PM peter59 Prometheus at last seen at close range.
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Dec 27 2009, 03:32 PM Big_Gazza Raw close-up pics now (finally) available of Prome... Dec 27 2009, 03:42 PM Bjorn Jonsson Now that Cassini is no longer orbiting in the ring... Dec 27 2009, 03:52 PM
tedstryk Check out Enceladus!
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.go... Dec 27 2009, 03:56 PM volcanopele ROFLMAO, thank you for also posting the WAC view. ... Dec 27 2009, 04:12 PM ugordan Awesome Prometheus images, a quick RGB composite f... Dec 27 2009, 06:08 PM S_Walker [quote name='ugordan' date='Dec 27 200... Dec 28 2009, 03:10 PM ugordan QUOTE (S_Walker @ Dec 28 2009, 04:10 PM) ... Dec 28 2009, 03:25 PM S_Walker QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 28 2009, 10:25 AM) D... Dec 28 2009, 03:40 PM volcanopele I'm still trying to deal with all these noise ... Dec 27 2009, 06:18 PM The Singing Badger Man, that is one ugly space rock. It looks like so... Dec 27 2009, 11:30 PM ugordan It's not ugly. It's got character. Dec 27 2009, 11:33 PM nprev It's also apparently got a lot of ring materia... Dec 27 2009, 11:55 PM ugordan And, not surprisingly, its craters appear to be mo... Dec 28 2009, 12:05 AM nprev You know, that's an interesting point. I wonde... Dec 28 2009, 12:14 AM Hungry4info The image is terribly noisy, but you can see the s... Dec 28 2009, 02:16 PM elakdawalla I cheat to get color. RGB color combos from Cassi... Dec 28 2009, 03:52 PM ugordan Which is kind of similar to what I did above - sel... Dec 28 2009, 04:01 PM S_Walker QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 28 2009, 11:01 AM) W... Dec 28 2009, 04:09 PM S_Walker Thanks for the insights. This is probably closer t... Dec 28 2009, 04:00 PM jasedm Very interesting first images from a reasonable ra... Dec 28 2009, 08:04 PM JohnVV QUOTE Why would anyone foul a picture like that up... Dec 29 2009, 09:54 PM Astro0 One of UMSF's alumni makes a contribution in t... Dec 29 2009, 10:13 PM nprev Right on...congrats, Emily!!! Dec 30 2009, 12:57 AM tedstryk Awesome! Dec 30 2009, 05:13 AM Phil Stooke I hate being on vacation - I can't play with a... Dec 31 2009, 11:00 AM Ian R A crescent Saturn, taken on the 2nd of January:
... Jan 3 2010, 11:40 PM Elias QUOTE I'm still trying to deal with all these ... Jan 4 2010, 10:39 PM Phil Stooke I didn't notice anyone else commenting on this... Jan 4 2010, 11:35 PM Juramike I just love abstract images like this....
I won... Jan 5 2010, 03:35 AM pat and we get a repeat performance on Jan 27th, the p... Jan 8 2010, 04:05 PM elakdawalla Sweet! Aren't there a passel of other moo... Jan 8 2010, 05:09 PM jasedm Going by information elsewhere on the forum, Cassi... Jan 9 2010, 01:25 PM ugordan QUOTE (jasedm @ Jan 9 2010, 02:25 PM) Pan... Jan 9 2010, 03:01 PM pat QUOTE (jasedm @ Jan 9 2010, 01:25 PM) Goi... Jan 13 2010, 06:48 PM volcanopele QUOTE (pat @ Jan 13 2010, 11:48 AM) The m... Jan 13 2010, 08:04 PM Antdoghalo Anyone wanna improve the Voyager map Phil made wit... Jan 10 2010, 08:42 PM Floyd Antdoghalo--Improving on Phil's maps is not a ... Jan 11 2010, 01:45 AM Phil Stooke Well, thanks! But the biggest obstacle is the... Jan 11 2010, 01:52 AM jasedm Oooh! Lots of goodies coming up!! Than... Jan 13 2010, 10:06 PM ugordan Wow:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi..... Jan 28 2010, 01:11 PM Phil Stooke Here's a hint of what's hiding in the shad... Jan 28 2010, 02:50 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 28 2010, 06:50 A... Jan 28 2010, 02:58 PM rlorenz QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 28 2010, 09:58 A... Jan 20 2011, 03:09 PM Phil Stooke A cleaned-up view of the end facing the F ring. T... Jan 28 2010, 04:41 PM CAP-Team Looks like a ringshadow!
Jan 28 2010, 08:08 PM dilo Color composition from images N00150201/202/203 (r... Jan 28 2010, 08:55 PM Ian R Here's an animation consisting of six NAC fram... Jan 28 2010, 08:32 PM Stu QUOTE (Ian R @ Jan 28 2010, 08:32 PM) Som... Jan 28 2010, 08:38 PM elakdawalla That's not Prometheus, that's a beating he... Jan 28 2010, 08:48 PM helvick I need a new word, Awesome just doesn't cut it... Jan 28 2010, 09:00 PM volcanopele QUOTE (helvick @ Jan 28 2010, 02:00 PM) I... Jan 28 2010, 09:25 PM elakdawalla Tremendous. And yes ring shadows have been seen o... Jan 28 2010, 09:26 PM Ian R Epimetheus as seen by Voyager 1:
http://en.wikipe... Jan 28 2010, 09:30 PM Patteroast Yay! Glad to be getting really good views of P... Jan 29 2010, 05:25 AM dilo An "extended color" composition from N00... Jan 30 2010, 03:02 PM Ian R http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12593
... Mar 20 2010, 11:36 PM machi Prometheus flyby animation.
Timewarp 200×. Jan 16 2011, 10:25 PM machi Another animation of the "space potato" ... Jan 19 2011, 07:17 PM lyford Machi
Those are awesome, thank you! I feel l... Jan 19 2011, 08:51 PM ups That's no moon. Jan 20 2011, 10:12 PM |
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