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 Oct 13 2009, 09:04 PM
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"They could also be looking for moons"
Surely this would be the worst possible geometry for looking for moons! Most of the frame is the planet, tons of noise and any moons are thin crescents, hence very faint. So not very likely. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Oct 13 2009, 09:33 PM
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Astro0,
super work! you rock! Cheers -------------------- CLA CLL
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Oct 13 2009, 10:53 PM
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Astro0...
just beautiful... beautiful. Craig |
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Oct 14 2009, 11:32 AM
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Oct 14 2009, 11:42 AM
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You the man Astro0!... outstanding, astounding
 . And the music in the Youtube clip is fitting. Definitely makes feel like tiny!
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Oct 14 2009, 04:15 PM
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Astro0 that is fantastic, great work
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Oct 15 2009, 08:13 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
Yeah, just beautiful! Great find Astro0, also that music - I felt myself tingle.
Just a bit cheating with it (looks more like a slowly moving aurora): http://www.greuti.ch/cassini/aurora.gif http://www.greuti.ch/cassini/aurora2.gif -------------------- |
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Oct 15 2009, 12:27 PM
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Icy satellite discussion moved into this thread.
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Oct 16 2009, 02:12 PM
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Here's a simple RGB I combined from the frames taken closest to true equinox.
Registered, sharpened, and combined in MaxIm DL CCD v5.02 Enjoy, Sean Walker
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Oct 16 2009, 06:23 PM
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Saturn's airy inhabitants witness a solar eclipse on the horizon:
 http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...4/W00060445.jpg |
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Oct 16 2009, 10:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2929 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
QUOTE (S_Walker @ Oct 16 2009, 03:12 PM)  the frames taken closest to true equinox Sean Walker Beautiful image. I've taken to wondering what a ring plane crossing would look like from one of Saturn's moons. It's not inconcievable to imagine an Enceladus orbiter at some future date. I'm looking at a table where the orbital inclination of Enceladus is given as 0.02 degrees. Would the rings really disappear? For how long? A few seconds, minutes or hours? Would there be a magic moment when the only visible features are F ring perturbations, Daphnis wake and other vertical protuberances? EDIT: If that Enceladus orbiter were in a polar orbit it would presumably make the ring plane crossing many times for each time that (the centre of) Enceladus itself did so. Could this provide a significant secondary imaging objective for such a mission? |
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Oct 18 2009, 12:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2929 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Open University logo found orbiting Saturn:
http://www.davidairey.com/images/logos/open-university.jpg http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...4/N00143771.jpg |
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Oct 18 2009, 01:13 PM
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Oooh, nice find, Nigel! Can't resist a colorization:
EDIT: Ugh, looks like I managed to turn it upside down - corrected now. -------------------- |
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Oct 18 2009, 01:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2929 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I've been waiting for it ever since seeing the preview:
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&p=147234 But I like your colouring better than the simulation. |
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Oct 18 2009, 01:48 PM
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Helen thinks it looks a bit like the deathstar
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