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Enceladus October 31st, 2008 Encounter, More skeet shooting
jasedm
post Oct 27 2008, 12:30 PM
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4 days to go - ISS is prime once again through the closest approach with some images of the tiger-stripe region expected at 8m/pixel.
Initial flyby description and timeline available here (4.3Mb)
I've found the mission blogging very detailed on the last two flybys - I presume they'll be doing this again.
Can't wait!!
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peter59
post Oct 27 2008, 01:45 PM
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Enceladus mission description 088EN + 091EN
This document describes the flyby scheduled for Oct. 09, 2008 and for Oct. 31, 2008 too.


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post Oct 27 2008, 04:46 PM
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It occurs to me that with multiple mosaics being done of the Tiger Stripes region that there is a possibility of stereo imaging.

Admittedly the high resolution shots cover a fairly small area, so there might not be a lot of overlap in those, but the larger images are bound to have a lot of overlap.

Has this been mentioned anywhere? I don't recall seeing it in any of the mission documents.
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post Oct 28 2008, 06:16 PM
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Pretty cool "warm up" pic...

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...fm?imageID=3283

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post Oct 28 2008, 06:36 PM
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It was also today's photojournal pic.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10500


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post Oct 28 2008, 06:45 PM
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According to the image description:


Images like this are extremely useful for scientists, as they show both moons together at approximately the same solar illumination angle.
This gives a reference point for researchers to compare data about how the moons reflect light when they are not seen together on the sky.




Yeah, well I suppose they needed to say that for their management. But why don't they just admit that the REAL reason they do it is because it looks really cool? biggrin.gif
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post Oct 30 2008, 07:40 AM
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Enceladus Rev 91 Flyby: Oct 31 '08


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post Oct 30 2008, 08:58 PM
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QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Oct 28 2008, 06:45 PM) *
Yeah, well I suppose they needed to say that for their management. But why don't they just admit that the REAL reason they do it is because it looks really cool? biggrin.gif


Yes, for optimum photometric work wouldn't we want to see ALL of both satellites wink.gif


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post Oct 31 2008, 10:59 AM
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The Enceladus (E6) flyby blog is now up-and-running over at the Cassini-Huygens website for those interested.
Particularly good is the flyby visualisation put together by Brent Buffington, and showcased by Amanda Hendrix.
The CIRS results should be very interesting, and I for one can't wait for that handful of images of the vent regions at resolutions between 10m and 30m/pixel.
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post Nov 1 2008, 08:37 AM
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First images from a distance of about 95000 km.
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...ages-list1.html
We must wait patiently for the next.


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post Nov 1 2008, 01:55 PM
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First "skeet shot" image (512 x 512) is here:
http://ciclops.org/view_event/96
Looks good.


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post Nov 1 2008, 10:17 PM
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Carolyn Porco
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http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/enceladus/posts/index.html



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post Nov 1 2008, 11:33 PM
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Images from yesterday's flyby processed:

http://ciclops.org/view_event/97/Cassini_Skeet_Shoots_Again

Hope you like the mosaic!


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post Nov 1 2008, 11:35 PM
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CICLOPS site updated !
skeet shoot 1-4 mosaic
skeet shoot #1
skeet shoot #8
skeet shoot #9


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post Nov 2 2008, 12:07 AM
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Amazing, this shooting technique works incredibly well. The highest resolution image from the set is crystal clear. Could even higer resolution images be obtained in the future?
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