New Iapetian image series |
New Iapetian image series |
Sep 11 2006, 09:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 28-September 05 From: Orion arm Member No.: 516 |
Hi,
CASSINI has transmitted 184 pics (!) over the last days. Here five takeouts, 3-4x enlargement: Date: 2009-09-06 Distance: 2.228.548 km Filters: CL1 and CL2 Date: 2009-09-08 Distance: 3.215.284 km Filters: P120 and GRN Date: 2009-09-08 Distance: 3.216.610 km Filters: P60 and GRN Date: 2009-09-09 Distance: 3.390.271km Filters: P60 and GRN Date: 2009-09-09 Distance: 3.427.313 km Filters: P120 and GRN Maybe somebody is able to combine some of those images to show more details. Bye. |
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Feb 17 2007, 02:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 509 Joined: 2-July 05 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 426 |
I noticed the "darkened" images of Iapetus and wondered what had caused that -- it never even occurred to me that it might be Saturn's shadow. Neat.
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Feb 18 2007, 03:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 28-September 05 From: Orion arm Member No.: 516 |
Btw, I once (2006-03-14) posted this:
QUOTE And some pre-info about upcoming encounters: 2006 Mar 25 to Apr 18: Apr 11 - 602.412 km; 14-3.6 km/pxl; medium to high phase, southern hemisphere as crescent 2006 Jun 17 to 27: Jun 23 - 1.343.000 km; 14-8.1 km/pxl; medium to low phase, sub-Saturn hemisphere 2006 Sep 08 to 09: Sep 02 - 1.816.000 km; ~20 km/pxl; zero phase (3 to 0.05 deg), sub-Saturn 2006 Nov 26: 1.997.000 km; 12 km/pxl; very low phase, sub-Saturn 2007 Feb 12 to 15: Feb 14 - 2.249.000 km; ~14 km/pxl; sub-Saturn; very low phase and eclipse 2007 Apr 14: 2.256.000 km 2007 Jun 22: 1.817.000 km; ~14 km/pxl; med. phase, trailing side 2007 Sep 03 to 09: 8.6-0.7 km/pxl; very high phase, western Cassini Regio 2007 Sep 10: 480-10-540 m/pxl; targeted flyby, trailing side 2007 Sep 11 to 17: 0.7-7.1 km/pxl; low phase (~33 deg) trailing side 2007 Sep 27: 15 km/pxl, low phase sub-Saturn+trailing side 2007 Nov 26: 1.371.000 km; 8.2 km/pxl; very high phase, north pole, possibly graylight 2008 Feb 13: 2.045.000 km; 14 km/pxl; high phase, north pole, possibly graylight Didn't realize the event of an eclipse at that time! Bye. |
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