Exquisite Saturn Images |
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Feb 8 2007, 05:54 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
Hi Ken, Yes, please feel to use any of my images and animations in your talk - I'm only too glad to see them reach a wider audience! Here is a rotated and slower version of the first animation: Is this right speed, do you think? Ian. Thanks Ian, thats perfect. I also would like to utilize the composite with those credits in an astonomy club column I write, for March 07. I'll keep you informed. many thanks ken |
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Feb 8 2007, 07:00 PM
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#107
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Member Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 26-September 05 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 507 |
fo ma money the image in #99 is just about the best color i have seen of saturn yet. that is mad good.
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Feb 9 2007, 01:28 AM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
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Feb 9 2007, 02:06 AM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
This movie (using the CB2 and IRP90 filters) covers almost an entire Saturnian 'day', it would seem:
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Feb 11 2007, 08:23 AM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
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Feb 13 2007, 12:44 PM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
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Feb 15 2007, 05:05 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
A nice high-phase set today with the rings crossing in the background, though only at 512x512. Can anybody do better with this?
--Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Feb 20 2007, 04:57 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
They've done another complete rings survey in RGB (plus two IR channels), this time from the lit side, a 4x5 mosaic; compare this one to Ian's version of the 3x4 mosaic on the unlit side. It looks like there's still a couple of frames missing -- I hope those aren't lost forever, this will be a nice one. They even took a shorter-exposure frame on the south pole in order to fill out the details of the atmosphere of Saturn better. Here is my super-fast and very ugly version, just to get a sense of the point of view:
Can't wait till you image experts get a hold of the full set! --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Feb 21 2007, 07:23 PM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
Eeek!
I don't know if the center frame was taken with a lower exposure, or if the presence of the rings in the other frames caused the JPEG stretching to white-out Saturn itself. When this mosaic hits the PDS, I reckon the whole of the day side will have atmospheric detail visible (I'm prepared to be proved wrong, mind you!). Since the frustration involved in building the previous mosiac nearly caused me to headbutt my keyboard on numerous occasions, I think I'll leave this particular monster for someone else to do! In the meantime, here's a rather pretty view of the translucent C ring, with the ring shadows and limb visible in the background: -------------------- |
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Feb 21 2007, 09:28 PM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
There's yet another absolutely gorgeous full-colour mosaic in the latest batch of Cassini raw images:
Due to the motion of the spacecraft during the imaging sequence, a seamless composite would be incredibly hard to do, unfortunately. Ian. -------------------- |
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Feb 21 2007, 10:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Hard to do, Ian? I tought this word isn't in your dictionary !
(hey, the translucent C ring is fabulous!) -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Feb 21 2007, 10:26 PM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
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Feb 21 2007, 10:39 PM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
So Pretty, Oh So Pretty....
I don't think I'm alone in hoping you lose that new dictionary Ian. |
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Feb 22 2007, 02:25 AM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
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Feb 22 2007, 03:12 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Don't stop, Ian!
--Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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