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Saturn's Rings To Shine As Never Before

Guest_Sunspot_*	Sep 16 2006, 10:19 AM Post #1
Guests	http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features/feature20060915.cfm Ring scientists have been waiting for this. Finally, after more than two years orbiting Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft reaches one of the ultimate vantage points. The rings should shine with majesty worthy of the "Jewel of the Solar System."

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alan View Member Profile	Sep 17 2006, 09:24 PM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110	QUOTE (volcanopele @ Sep 17 2006, 04:14 PM) okay, this one requires an explanation: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...3/W00018018.jpg Reflection of opposition surge off the cloud tops? Edit : scratch that, the pattern is wrong. Sunlight reflected of rings onto Saturn, Dark bands are areas where light from cloud tops is blocked by A and B rings. Bright area is cut of in curve at the bottom because this area is north of equator so no sunlight reflected directly from rings

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Sunspot Saturn's Rings To Shine As Never Before Sep 16 2006, 10:19 AM

jsheff It doesn't say, but the Solar System Simulator... Sep 16 2006, 12:16 PM

Rob Pinnegar I am looking forward to this one too. Another in... Sep 17 2006, 05:25 PM

john_s First images are now posted, including some remark... Sep 17 2006, 07:52 PM

ugordan Amazing how bright the "gap" between the... Sep 17 2006, 08:05 PM

john_s Here's the money shot - Earth (just below the ... Sep 17 2006, 08:53 PM

alan Spokes in the E-ring? http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/m... Sep 17 2006, 08:54 PM

paxdan Ba-Zing!. Diamond ring. The stitched/process... Sep 17 2006, 09:06 PM

volcanopele okay, this one requires an explanation: http://sa... Sep 17 2006, 09:14 PM

paxdan QUOTE (volcanopele @ Sep 17 2006, 10:14 P... Sep 17 2006, 09:25 PM

djellison The dynamic range involved in trying to capture th... Sep 17 2006, 09:21 PM

alan QUOTE (volcanopele @ Sep 17 2006, 04:14 P... Sep 17 2006, 09:24 PM

volcanopele QUOTE (alan @ Sep 17 2006, 02:24 PM) Refl... Sep 18 2006, 07:11 PM

Ant103 Vision of dream... Are we in Pitch Black? Not... Sep 17 2006, 09:25 PM

Jeff7 QUOTE (Ant103 @ Sep 17 2006, 05:25 PM) Vi... Sep 18 2006, 02:42 AM

Ian R Is this a new (albeit very faint) ring between the... Sep 18 2006, 05:19 AM

djellison QUOTE (Ian R @ Sep 18 2006, 06:19 AM) Is ... Sep 20 2006, 09:41 AM

ugordan QUOTE (Ant103 @ Sep 17 2006, 10:25 PM) No... Sep 18 2006, 06:50 AM

Ant103 And a color pic of the "pitch black" sce... Sep 17 2006, 09:45 PM

JTN In this one, what's the overexposed elliptical... Sep 17 2006, 10:19 PM

Sunspot Why would they downsample all the images to 512x51... Sep 17 2006, 11:11 PM

djellison QUOTE (Sunspot @ Sep 18 2006, 12:11 AM) W... Sep 18 2006, 06:59 AM

alan Tethys's shadow is visible in the E-ring ... Sep 18 2006, 12:16 AM

dilo QUOTE (alan @ Sep 18 2006, 12:16 AM) Teth... Sep 18 2006, 11:11 AM

TritonAntares Hi, wow really impressive pics!!! Doe... Sep 18 2006, 12:33 PM

dilo QUOTE (dilo @ Sep 18 2006, 11:11 AM) Real... Sep 18 2006, 12:50 PM

ugordan QUOTE (dilo @ Sep 18 2006, 01:50 PM) An a... Sep 18 2006, 01:17 PM

dilo QUOTE (ugordan @ Sep 18 2006, 01:17 PM) T... Sep 18 2006, 06:02 PM

dvandorn Wow!!!!! It occurs to me that... Sep 18 2006, 05:36 AM

alan QUOTE (Ian R @ Sep 18 2006, 12:19 AM) Is ... Sep 18 2006, 12:57 PM

Ant103 Two pictures to add into this spectacular Cassini ... Sep 18 2006, 04:58 PM

dilo Ant103, great work! Is really a little science... Sep 18 2006, 06:09 PM

alan I believe the bright spot above the E-ring in the ... Sep 19 2006, 01:22 AM

dilo QUOTE (alan @ Sep 19 2006, 01:22 AM) I be... Sep 19 2006, 10:18 AM

volcanopele Nice catch: http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wsp... Sep 19 2006, 01:45 AM

Ian R Here is probably the best shot of the new "H-... Sep 19 2006, 03:58 AM

dvandorn The H ring seems much darker and less reflective t... Sep 19 2006, 05:41 AM

alan Handful of new images posted. This is an odd image... Sep 19 2006, 06:47 AM

dilo Alan, I suspect is a reflection/diffusion effect f... Sep 19 2006, 09:42 AM

Phil Stooke dvandorn said "The H ring seems much darker a... Sep 19 2006, 12:41 PM

SigurRosFan Cassini's Solar Eclipse labeled (91 KB): Sep 19 2006, 02:27 PM

volcanopele QUOTE (SigurRosFan @ Sep 19 2006, 07:27 A... Sep 19 2006, 04:18 PM

remcook I can see my house from here (or at least my home ... Sep 19 2006, 03:40 PM

SigurRosFan QUOTE The ring you labeled the "F ring" ... Sep 19 2006, 05:07 PM

Sunspot News Release: 2006-110 ... Sep 19 2006, 10:27 PM

alan This forum digests new data so fast that by the ti... Sep 20 2006, 04:08 AM

dilo QUOTE (alan @ Sep 20 2006, 04:08 AM) This... Sep 20 2006, 05:58 AM

Ian R Sorry, but I can't resist: My apologies to ... Sep 20 2006, 06:25 AM

SigurRosFan Thanks Ian! Sep 20 2006, 09:28 AM

Rob Pinnegar As Phil has pointed out, the H ring must have a ve... Sep 20 2006, 03:16 PM

ljk4-1 Image of the Day: Pale Blue Orb Earth is captured... Sep 20 2006, 04:02 PM

ljk4-1 An image of Earth next to the rings and our Pale B... Sep 21 2006, 12:24 PM

paxdan CICLOPS post regarding recent Saturn Eclipse obser... Sep 22 2006, 10:20 AM

DDAVIS Anyone have any further composits they want to sha... Sep 24 2006, 10:38 AM

paxdan Very very nice Don. Thanks. Sep 24 2006, 01:54 PM

DDAVIS I have made a new version of the Saturn Eclipse vi... Oct 3 2006, 08:51 AM

paxdan QUOTE (DDAVIS @ Oct 3 2006, 09:51 AM) I h... Oct 3 2006, 09:12 AM

ugordan Very nice, Don! The red sun reminds me of thos... Oct 3 2006, 09:24 AM

DDAVIS [quote name='ugordan' date='Oct 3 2006... Oct 3 2006, 11:32 AM

ugordan The occultation lasted about 12 hours and they mor... Oct 3 2006, 11:47 AM

paxdan zOMG Oct 11 2006, 08:36 PM

GregM image quote not needed and removed. That is one ... Oct 11 2006, 08:50 PM

scalbers QUOTE (paxdan @ Oct 11 2006, 08:36 PM) zO... Sep 23 2007, 06:05 PM

Sunspot There are lots more images on the RAW pages now, i... Sep 22 2006, 10:25 PM

alan Interesting sequence of G-ring images from the 19t... Sep 23 2006, 01:13 AM

Ian R Is this yet another new ring, or merely just a clu... Sep 23 2006, 02:01 PM

alan According to this Planetary Society webpage the E... Sep 23 2006, 03:43 PM

GregM There is an oppourtunity for an opposing view to b... Sep 24 2006, 04:38 PM

volcanopele This is also discussed at http://www.unmannedspace... Oct 11 2006, 08:40 PM

Borek Here history is made. Oct 11 2006, 08:57 PM

alan A different way of seeing the rings as never befor... Oct 27 2006, 07:02 PM

ugordan Cassini already had a similar viewpoint 16 days ag... Oct 27 2006, 07:33 PM

volcanopele While we are too close for preforming a full-syste... Oct 27 2006, 08:12 PM

nprev ...wow. I am absolutely astonished by the amount o... Nov 10 2006, 09:57 PM

ugordan This sequence has wide-angle frames looking scaled... Nov 10 2006, 10:30 PM

dilo QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 10 2006, 10:57 PM) ..... Nov 11 2006, 06:29 AM

Sunspot http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiIma... Dec 25 2006, 10:29 AM

nprev Possibly three moons...isn't the Keeler gap sa... Dec 25 2006, 07:56 PM

ugordan Those sure don't look like Prometheus and Pand... Dec 25 2006, 08:30 PM

dilo QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 25 2006, 09:30 PM) T... Dec 27 2006, 11:53 PM

AlexBlackwell Emily has a very interesting blog entry today, whi... Dec 27 2006, 07:38 PM

nprev New high-res ring images down. This one is particu... Jan 23 2007, 01:23 AM

ugordan Be careful with that image. It's part of a doz... Jan 23 2007, 08:18 AM

nprev You're right, UG, and thanks for the reality c... Jan 26 2007, 05:03 PM

ugordan I've been messing around with the Sep 15, 2006... Aug 14 2007, 05:33 PM

Floyd This orbit they have really concentrated on Saturn... Aug 18 2007, 05:30 PM

The Messenger leisure pace? surely you jest. The Cassini navigat... Aug 19 2007, 05:51 AM

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