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post Dec 21 2009, 05:20 PM
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I was struck by how much images like this...

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...5/N00148493.jpg

... remind me of the view through my 4.5" scope when I peer into it without the eyepiece. LOts of fascinating internal light reflections there...


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post Jan 9 2010, 01:25 PM
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Going by information elsewhere on the forum, Cassini passes the following moons at reasonably close distances on 27th January. I have no information as to whether the moons are in eclipse at closest approach, whether imaging is planned, or whether other science activities/downlinks take preference at the time. Pixel values assume imaging bang-on closest approach. I would imagine Dione and Prometheus will be imaged, but smaller 'rocks' probably doubtful.

Pan: 95,233km - 54 pixels in the NAC at closest approach
Prometheus - 30,492km - 546 pixels
Aegaeon - 13,305km - 6 pixels
Methone - 74,527km - 7 pixels
Telesto - 95,643 - 42 pixels
Dione - 46,805km - more than 1 NAC frame

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- Stu   Rev 123 - Dec 18, 2009-Jan 3, 2010 - Prometheus   Dec 21 2009, 05:20 PM
- - ugordan   QUOTE (Stu @ Dec 21 2009, 06:20 PM) LOts ...   Dec 21 2009, 05:22 PM
- - peter59   Prometheus at last seen at close range. and   Dec 27 2009, 03:32 PM
- - Big_Gazza   Raw close-up pics now (finally) available of Prome...   Dec 27 2009, 03:42 PM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Now that Cassini is no longer orbiting in the ring...   Dec 27 2009, 03:52 PM
|- - tedstryk   Check out Enceladus! http://saturn.jpl.nasa.go...   Dec 27 2009, 03:56 PM
- - volcanopele   ROFLMAO, thank you for also posting the WAC view. ...   Dec 27 2009, 04:12 PM
|- - ugordan   Awesome Prometheus images, a quick RGB composite f...   Dec 27 2009, 06:08 PM
|- - S_Walker   [quote name='ugordan' date='Dec 27 200...   Dec 28 2009, 03:10 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (S_Walker @ Dec 28 2009, 04:10 PM) ...   Dec 28 2009, 03:25 PM
|- - S_Walker   QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 28 2009, 10:25 AM) D...   Dec 28 2009, 03:40 PM
- - volcanopele   I'm still trying to deal with all these noise ...   Dec 27 2009, 06:18 PM
- - The Singing Badger   Man, that is one ugly space rock. It looks like so...   Dec 27 2009, 11:30 PM
|- - ugordan   It's not ugly. It's got character.   Dec 27 2009, 11:33 PM
- - nprev   It's also apparently got a lot of ring materia...   Dec 27 2009, 11:55 PM
|- - ugordan   And, not surprisingly, its craters appear to be mo...   Dec 28 2009, 12:05 AM
- - nprev   You know, that's an interesting point. I wonde...   Dec 28 2009, 12:14 AM
- - tasp   Perhaps we have an ongoing process of gradual depo...   Dec 28 2009, 02:36 AM
- - Hungry4info   The image is terribly noisy, but you can see the s...   Dec 28 2009, 02:16 PM
- - elakdawalla   I cheat to get color. RGB color combos from Cassi...   Dec 28 2009, 03:52 PM
|- - ugordan   Which is kind of similar to what I did above - sel...   Dec 28 2009, 04:01 PM
|- - S_Walker   QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 28 2009, 11:01 AM) W...   Dec 28 2009, 04:09 PM
- - S_Walker   Thanks for the insights. This is probably closer t...   Dec 28 2009, 04:00 PM
- - jasedm   Very interesting first images from a reasonable ra...   Dec 28 2009, 08:04 PM
- - JohnVV   QUOTE Why would anyone foul a picture like that up...   Dec 29 2009, 09:54 PM
- - Astro0   One of UMSF's alumni makes a contribution in t...   Dec 29 2009, 10:13 PM
- - nprev   Right on...congrats, Emily!!!   Dec 30 2009, 12:57 AM
|- - tedstryk   Awesome!   Dec 30 2009, 05:13 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I hate being on vacation - I can't play with a...   Dec 31 2009, 11:00 AM
- - Ian R   A crescent Saturn, taken on the 2nd of January: ...   Jan 3 2010, 11:40 PM
- - Elias   QUOTE I'm still trying to deal with all these ...   Jan 4 2010, 10:39 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I didn't notice anyone else commenting on this...   Jan 4 2010, 11:35 PM
- - Juramike   I just love abstract images like this.... I won...   Jan 5 2010, 03:35 AM
- - pat   and we get a repeat performance on Jan 27th, the p...   Jan 8 2010, 04:05 PM
- - elakdawalla   Sweet! Aren't there a passel of other moo...   Jan 8 2010, 05:09 PM
- - jasedm   Going by information elsewhere on the forum, Cassi...   Jan 9 2010, 01:25 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (jasedm @ Jan 9 2010, 02:25 PM) Pan...   Jan 9 2010, 03:01 PM
|- - pat   QUOTE (jasedm @ Jan 9 2010, 01:25 PM) Goi...   Jan 13 2010, 06:48 PM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (pat @ Jan 13 2010, 11:48 AM) The m...   Jan 13 2010, 08:04 PM
- - Antdoghalo   Anyone wanna improve the Voyager map Phil made wit...   Jan 10 2010, 08:42 PM
- - Floyd   Antdoghalo--Improving on Phil's maps is not a ...   Jan 11 2010, 01:45 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Well, thanks! But the biggest obstacle is the...   Jan 11 2010, 01:52 AM
- - jasedm   Oooh! Lots of goodies coming up!! Than...   Jan 13 2010, 10:06 PM
|- - ugordan   Wow: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi.....   Jan 28 2010, 01:11 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Here's a hint of what's hiding in the shad...   Jan 28 2010, 02:50 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 28 2010, 06:50 A...   Jan 28 2010, 02:58 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 28 2010, 09:58 A...   Jan 20 2011, 03:09 PM
- - Phil Stooke   A cleaned-up view of the end facing the F ring. T...   Jan 28 2010, 04:41 PM
- - CAP-Team   Looks like a ringshadow!   Jan 28 2010, 08:08 PM
|- - dilo   Color composition from images N00150201/202/203 (r...   Jan 28 2010, 08:55 PM
- - Ian R   Here's an animation consisting of six NAC fram...   Jan 28 2010, 08:32 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (Ian R @ Jan 28 2010, 08:32 PM) Som...   Jan 28 2010, 08:38 PM
- - elakdawalla   That's not Prometheus, that's a beating he...   Jan 28 2010, 08:48 PM
- - helvick   I need a new word, Awesome just doesn't cut it...   Jan 28 2010, 09:00 PM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (helvick @ Jan 28 2010, 02:00 PM) I...   Jan 28 2010, 09:25 PM
- - elakdawalla   Tremendous. And yes ring shadows have been seen o...   Jan 28 2010, 09:26 PM
- - Ian R   Epimetheus as seen by Voyager 1: http://en.wikipe...   Jan 28 2010, 09:30 PM
- - Patteroast   Yay! Glad to be getting really good views of P...   Jan 29 2010, 05:25 AM
|- - dilo   An "extended color" composition from N00...   Jan 30 2010, 03:02 PM
- - Ian R   http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12593 ...   Mar 20 2010, 11:36 PM
- - machi   Prometheus flyby animation. Timewarp 200×.   Jan 16 2011, 10:25 PM
- - machi   Another animation of the "space potato" ...   Jan 19 2011, 07:17 PM
- - lyford   Machi Those are awesome, thank you! I feel l...   Jan 19 2011, 08:51 PM
- - ups   That's no moon.   Jan 20 2011, 10:12 PM


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