Rev 164: Apr 5-23, 2012 - Enceladus E18, Tethys |
Rev 164: Apr 5-23, 2012 - Enceladus E18, Tethys |
Apr 16 2012, 06:31 AM
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A little belatedly (to post here- the article's been up for a week or two), looking ahead for this revolution (now half complete) here
WAC enceladus from 185km - great detail! Some shots of tethys too - some are very smeared - spacecraft slewing during shuttering perhaps?? Also some enceladan plumes Great stuff! |
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Apr 16 2012, 01:46 PM
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Thanks Bjorn - that would make sense re: the smearing.
Just in case anybody is not already blown away by the accuracy of the spacecraft sequences on this mission, below is that WAC shot compared to Jason Perry's 'looking ahead' simulated view (the red square). Accurate to within a few tens of metres! All from a spacecraft 1.3 billion kilometres away, travelling past the target at 7.5km/second. Sweet. Incidentally the yellow square is the boresight for the narrow angle camera, and although a shot was taken (N00185750), unfortunately it fell completely in the shadows in the middle of the larger shot, and is almost completely black. I'm not sure it would have been too useful anyway though... |
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