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Rev 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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Jan 13 2010, 10:06 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 655 Joined: 22-January 06 Member No.: 655 |
Oooh! Lots of goodies coming up!! Thanks Pat and VP.
January 27th will be an interesting periapse. Any Aegaeon obs. will be too distant relative to the tiny moon to reveal any surface details, but we should get an idea of its shape. The Prometheus pictures should provide coverage which matches the best Pandora data, and the Dione encounter leads in from the moon's nightside- perhaps an opportunity to detect some minimal outgassing if present??? And if that wasn't spoiling us enough, we get a targeted encounter with Mimas on the following revolution approaching to less than 10,000km - a flyby where we finally get to have a good close look at Herschel.... Great times!! |
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Jan 28 2010, 01:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3652 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Wow:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imageID=211928 http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imageID=211933 http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imageID=211937 Is that F-ring's shadow draping across it? -------------------- |
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