Stars looking from the south of Enceladus, Trying to guess which stars are shown |
Stars looking from the south of Enceladus, Trying to guess which stars are shown |
Dec 16 2008, 09:05 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 8-December 08 From: Antwerp, Belgium Member No.: 4507 |
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA10526_modest.jpg
(Is it possible to show the picture?) In our astronomy club at Gembloux, we tried to figure out which stars we can see in the picture...Cassini was looking from below Enceladus, so they must be familiar to us living in the northern hemisphere...I thought of Cassiopeia, but maybe not. |
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Dec 16 2008, 09:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Enceladus was in Ursa Minor at the time. The brightest star in the scene is in the lower right corner, the 5.15 mag. star HIP 74605/HD 136064. Here is the scene in Celestia:
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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