Rev 146 - Mar 6-Apr 3, 2011, Titan & Saturn monitoring |
Rev 146 - Mar 6-Apr 3, 2011, Titan & Saturn monitoring |
Mar 5 2011, 07:18 AM
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Latest article is up, with lots of cloud studies of Saturn (including some good expected glimpses of the great northern storm) and Titan.
Unfortunately no Telesto images are planned, although the orbit includes a 10,000km flyby of this moon (which is a whisker closer than the range for Telesto's targeted flyby in May next year) I'm wondering if images of Telesto were originally planned, but the sequences were re-written in order to look at the northern storm in detail? |
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Mar 5 2011, 08:11 AM
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Mar 5 2011, 08:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Nope, again, these sequences are planned months in advance. the northern storm happened to recently. And during the flyby itself, I don't think we are even looking at the northern storm.
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Mar 5 2011, 06:50 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 4-March 10 Member No.: 5240 |
Latest article is up, with lots of cloud studies of Saturn (including some good expected glimpses of the great northern storm) and Titan. Unfortunately no Telesto images are planned, although the orbit includes a 10,000km flyby of this moon (which is a whisker closer than the range for Telesto's targeted flyby in May next year) I'm wondering if images of Telesto were originally planned, but the sequences were re-written in order to look at the northern storm in detail? No, that was never in the plan. To simplify operations and planning in the Solstice mission, the project has switched to dedicating each periapsis to one scientific discipline (Saturn, rings, icy satellites or magnetosphere/plasma.) There are some exceptions, and Titan science is handled differently (lots of encounters, all dedicated to Titan, but those aren't in the periapsis periods.) But the exceptions are pretty carefully selected. Rev 146 is a Saturn periapsis and looking at Telesto isn't one of those exceptions. |
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Mar 6 2011, 12:18 AM
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"Rev 146 is a Saturn periapsis and looking at Telesto isn't one of those exceptions."
Ah, that explains it - thanks Frank! Quel dommage!! |
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Mar 6 2011, 01:18 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 18-November 08 Member No.: 4489 |
After Telesto there are a few ( NOT PLANED) and " would be nice if" shots of Titan
https://picasaweb.google.com/John.K.VanVliet/CassiniRev147# receding and approach on 147 to 8 |
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Mar 15 2011, 01:58 AM
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Evidence for three moons! Nice shot of a grazing shadow near the S terminator. (which moon?)
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...7/W00066849.jpg Also shows up in the MT2 image. -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Mar 22 2011, 10:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
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Mar 22 2011, 11:17 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Wow... look at that... beautiful, just beautiful...
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Mar 23 2011, 04:08 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 15-October 09 Member No.: 4979 |
A few recent color combinations of RGB and CBGB data on my flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60945285@N07/5553457832/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/60945285@N07/5553457766/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/60945285@N07/5552873955/ I've been experimenting with some warping tools in Photoshop to align the cloud details between these long filter changes (I believe the delay between exposures is due to RBI mitigation). Enjoy. Sean Walker |
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