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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Cassini general discussion and science results _ CASSINI ANIMATIONS

Posted by: tallbear Jun 20 2006, 01:51 AM

Some nice ( IMHO) animations of some of the upcoming inclined orbits
for Rings have been posted.

http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/wallis/ANIMATIONS.html

the rev 77 segment is spectacular.....

Posted by: angel1801 Jun 20 2006, 05:44 AM

Just a little piece of advice. The animations are best viewed using Quicktime 7.1 or later media viewer.

It has the new H264 compresion capability.

Posted by: edstrick Jun 20 2006, 08:33 AM

"The animations are best viewed using Quicktime 7.1 or later media viewer."

My main computer is running Win98se. I have no desire to trash a well running system with a *lot* of "legacy software" by upgrading it to XP. QT 7x is not available in any form for 98se. Just be advised you need a younger OS for those versions of the clips.

Posted by: djellison Jun 20 2006, 08:47 AM

Google around for Quicktime Alternative and H264 and you can play these without.

FWIW - the H264 codec is well well worth it - it is superb - and something I'm seriously looking at w.r.t. HD MER stuff in the not to distant future ( cough ahem S1K celebration movie hint cough ahem )

Doug

Posted by: angel1801 Jun 20 2006, 01:13 PM

I have Windows XP Pro. I had to download Quicktime 7.1 from the Apple web site to view the animations.

I have seen all three animations. And I will say that Rev 77 will we worth the wait!

Posted by: ugordan Jun 20 2006, 02:35 PM

The orbit 77 vantage point is awesome, though I would have preferred the movie used a constant FOV, this way the perspective is noticeably distorted around periapse.
What struck me most is just how big Saturn will appear to Cassini's cameras. It'll take many, many wide-angle footprints to cover the whole planet and rings. It's gonna make one helluva Kodak moment marking the end of primary mission!