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Rev 168 - June 17th-July 10th 2012 - Titan at distance, And non -targeted Tethys
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post Jun 15 2012, 07:54 PM
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In summary, some distant Titan studies, more astrometric observations of smaller inner moons, and obs of the F-ring, and A-ring 'propellers'
There's a day-and-a-half stare at 'Ymir' for light-curve data, and a non-targeted Tethys encounter at ~68,000km. This should reveal Odysseus, and the northern hemisphere in some detail - closest approach images should resemble this:
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post Jul 10 2012, 09:38 PM
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Beautiful images and a fascinating find!!! Great work, Jason!


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- jasedm   Rev 168 - June 17th-July 10th 2012 - Titan at distance   Jun 15 2012, 07:54 PM
- - ugordan   Rough Saturn color view utilizing a wide-angle CB2...   Jun 20 2012, 03:07 PM
- - toddbronco2   Wow, it looks like there's something interesti...   Jun 29 2012, 03:00 AM
- - nprev   Don't think that's one of the polar region...   Jun 29 2012, 03:17 AM
- - toddbronco2   I was surprised that there wasn't already a co...   Jun 29 2012, 04:16 AM
- - ngunn   Titan's very own noctilucent clouds! Once ...   Jun 29 2012, 09:04 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   This feature contains some very interesting detail...   Jun 29 2012, 10:32 AM
- - Hungry4info   These concentric circular features are incredible.   Jun 29 2012, 12:38 PM
- - Hungry4info   Oh goodness it spins. (animation) Edit: It seems...   Jun 29 2012, 12:45 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Gifs don't like smooth gradients like these, e...   Jun 29 2012, 01:39 PM
- - elakdawalla   Oh man....I have so many more things to do today.....   Jun 29 2012, 02:17 PM
- - Hungry4info   Taking what Phil said into consideration, I increa...   Jul 1 2012, 10:00 PM
- - ngunn   You've done a fantastic job with this and, ama...   Jul 1 2012, 10:45 PM
|- - Hungry4info   Thanks. QUOTE (ngunn @ Jul 1 2012, 04:45 ...   Jul 2 2012, 01:28 AM
- - jasedm   Wow - that is quite something! and pretty unex...   Jul 2 2012, 07:45 PM
- - Ian R   Here's my version of the polar cap movie: htt...   Jul 2 2012, 09:27 PM
- - ngunn   Good! It looks from both versions that there ...   Jul 2 2012, 11:09 PM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   There has been a lot of interesting ring images re...   Jul 3 2012, 01:23 AM
- - elakdawalla   There have been a *ton* of cool images recently. I...   Jul 3 2012, 05:36 AM
|- - Astro0   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 3 2012, 03:36 PM...   Jul 7 2012, 02:14 AM
- - Astro0   > jasedm: BTW, Tethys encounter raws are up N...   Jul 3 2012, 06:45 AM
- - charborob   I tried animating a series of images of the rings ...   Jul 3 2012, 12:49 PM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Looks great and makes it obvious just how variable...   Jul 3 2012, 01:22 PM
- - jasedm   AstroO - that's a beaut! - I'm going t...   Jul 3 2012, 05:36 PM
- - Ian R   Did this quickly on my laptop while watching Crimi...   Jul 3 2012, 06:22 PM
- - Ian R   A big 'wow' and 'sweet' to Astro a...   Jul 3 2012, 06:23 PM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Here is an animation showing the F ring.: This ...   Jul 3 2012, 09:56 PM
- - volcanopele   Our official image advisory on the south polar vor...   Jul 10 2012, 08:41 PM
- - volcanopele   For those curious about how big this Titan south p...   Jul 10 2012, 09:18 PM
- - nprev   Beautiful images and a fascinating find!!...   Jul 10 2012, 09:38 PM


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