Why has Cassini not done a high-rez mosaic of Titan? |
Why has Cassini not done a high-rez mosaic of Titan? |
  Jan 27 2009, 07:27 PM
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I've not be able to find a good answer to this question. High resolution visible light images of all the major moons of Saturn seem to exist but I don't see anything much over 500 pixels and not very usuable. I desperately need one for my film. I realize that the hazy world may make it seems there is not much science value in this but I'm not 100% convinced of that. Plus, I suspect a really high resolution image (say a 16-image one) would be well worth the cost from a PR viewpoint and perhaps it would reveal some interesting info as well.
I have not found any real orbital/mission reason it could not be done before Cassini is finished. Anyone have any insight? -------------------- stephen van vuuren
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Jan 27 2009, 11:00 PM
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Uh - 'they' have done lots of high resolution mosaics. But they are of the surface, not the hazy atmosphere, which would be a waste of time.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jan 28 2009, 01:23 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 27-December 06 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 1522 |
QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 27 2009, 06:00 PM)  Uh - 'they' have done lots of high resolution mosaics. But they are of the surface, not the hazy atmosphere, which would be a waste of time. And I'm using them including using Mike Malaska's great work which gets me from visual to radar data. But that's actually precisely my problem. My script calls for me to approach Titan, go down through the atmosphere to the Huygens landing site - a very key part of my film. Unfortunately, today, it's not possible unless I do CGI which my film entirely based on only using real images. It's the only planet or moon in the film I don't have a suitable image of, ironically. I'm sorry you think it would be a waste of time. This is not really about my film but the value to world that a great high resolution photograph of Titan would have. I tend to think it may land on magazine covers, posters, newspapers and more. -------------------- stephen van vuuren
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stephenv2 Why has Cassini not done a high-rez mosaic of Titan? Jan 27 2009, 07:27 PM
volcanopele The biggest problem with creating a high-resolutio... Jan 27 2009, 07:36 PM
stephenv2 QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jan 27 2009, 02:36 P... Jan 27 2009, 08:11 PM ugordan You're not missing out on much. At low phase a... Jan 27 2009, 08:20 PM stephenv2 QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 27 2009, 03:20 PM) Y... Jan 27 2009, 08:33 PM djellison QUOTE (stephenv2 @ Jan 27 2009, 08:11 PM)... Jan 27 2009, 08:36 PM stephenv2 Full inline quote removed - Admin
Per the manned/... Jan 27 2009, 08:44 PM djellison QUOTE (stephenv2 @ Jan 27 2009, 08:44 PM)... Jan 27 2009, 09:52 PM volcanopele Looks about right, ugordan Jan 27 2009, 08:32 PM imipak It depends whose "best" are referred to,... Jan 27 2009, 09:53 PM stephenv2 QUOTE (imipak @ Jan 27 2009, 04:53 PM) th... Jan 28 2009, 01:17 AM stevesliva QUOTE (stephenv2 @ Jan 27 2009, 09:17 PM)... Mar 17 2009, 02:35 PM stephenv2 QUOTE (stevesliva @ Mar 17 2009, 09:35 AM... Mar 17 2009, 03:06 PM titanicrivers QUOTE (stephenv2 @ Jan 27 2009, 07:23 PM)... Jan 28 2009, 02:26 AM stephenv2 QUOTE (titanicrivers @ Jan 27 2009, 09:26... Jan 28 2009, 05:48 AM Vultur The trick for making an extrapolation look right w... Jan 28 2009, 07:56 AM djellison You've asked for insight into mission reasons ... Jan 28 2009, 09:21 AM Greg Hullender I am kind of curious why we don't seem to have... Jan 29 2009, 11:54 PM volcanopele The southern trailing hemisphere has been poorly c... Jan 30 2009, 12:03 AM Greg Hullender QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jan 29 2009, 04:03 P... Jan 30 2009, 04:39 AM Phil Stooke For what it's worth, Voyager 1 did take high r... Jan 30 2009, 12:05 AM nprev Just out of curiosity, has anybody developed a goo... Jan 30 2009, 01:33 AM lyford Ah, just film a cue ball in amber light with some ... Jan 30 2009, 03:33 AM volcanopele Okay, yep that gap is real. Again, in later NT en... Jan 30 2009, 04:47 AM Greg Hullender Oh I don't think "annoyed" is the ri... Jan 30 2009, 04:23 PM |
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