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Unmanned Spaceflight.com > Outer Solar System > Saturn > Cassini Huygens > Cassini's ongoing mission and raw imagesMay 20 2006 Icy Moon Imaging |
 May 16 2006, 01:50 PM
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I've been using the solar system simulator of late and I can say that this orbit will be far better for icy moon imaging that the last one.
Dione: C/A at about 564,000km. Excellent view of entire Saturn facing hemisphere with a much improved view of high northern latitudes. Rhea: C/A at about 470,000km. Tethys: C/A at 551,000km. Mimas: C/A at about 315,000km. -------------------- I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed.
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May 19 2006, 08:46 PM
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Kate MOSS and SHARON Stone would have been much easier
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May 19 2006, 08:49 PM
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QUOTE (climber @ May 19 2006, 09:46 PM)  Kate MOSS and SHARON Stone would have been much easier Pollux. (Ask Phil) Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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May 23 2006, 09:38 AM
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Wow, check this one out: Enceladus and one of the irregulars and apparently the F ring.
Also, there's a nice Rhea high phase set on the ground, including some subtle saturnshine. -------------------- |
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May 23 2006, 10:20 AM
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QUOTE (ugordan @ May 23 2006, 10:38 AM) Wow, check this one out: Enceladus and one of the irregulars and apparently the F ring. Also, there's a nice Rhea high phase set on the ground, including some subtle saturnshine. Its Janus and yes its the F ring. |
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May 23 2006, 10:55 AM
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May 23 2006, 10:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3652 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
QUOTE (tedstryk @ May 23 2006, 11:55 AM) Nice Mimas shot. That's Tethys. Notice Ithaca Chasma stretching across the disk. -------------------- |
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May 23 2006, 06:27 PM
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QUOTE (ugordan @ May 23 2006, 10:58 AM) That's Tethys. Notice Ithaca Chasma stretching across the disk. That's what I get for posting money before 6 AM my time 
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May 23 2006, 07:02 PM
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Rhea IR1-GRN-UV3 mosaic, using a clear filter frame as luminance to better show the saturnshine portion - JPEG artifacting kills it in the simple color composite.
This view shows some pretty obvious color dichotomy present between the south pole and mid-latitudes. If I didn't know this was Rhea, I might have been tempted to yell Iapetus! 
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May 23 2006, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
Gordan:
That's a keeper - it looks, bar the lack of stars, like the sort of science-fiction worldlet that generally causes us all such pain, what with the gently illuminated night side and so on... ...very pretty seeing it in reality! Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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angel1801 May 20 2006 Icy Moon Imaging May 16 2006, 01:50 PM
volcanopele Looks like a quiet orbit to me. Some high phase R... May 16 2006, 06:19 PM
TritonAntares QUOTE (volcanopele @ May 16 2006, 07:19 P... May 16 2006, 07:08 PM tallbear QUOTE (TritonAntares @ May 16 2006, 12:08... May 17 2006, 04:49 AM volcanopele QUOTE (tallbear @ May 16 2006, 09:49 PM) ... May 17 2006, 04:21 PM JRehling QUOTE (volcanopele @ May 17 2006, 09:21 A... May 17 2006, 05:37 PM volcanopele QUOTE (JRehling @ May 17 2006, 10:37 AM) ... May 17 2006, 05:55 PM tasp One of my weirder ideas (if this turns out to be o... May 17 2006, 06:32 PM pat QUOTE (tasp @ May 17 2006, 07:32 PM) One ... May 18 2006, 09:44 AM tty QUOTE (pat @ May 18 2006, 11:44 AM) Polly... May 18 2006, 10:01 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (tty @ May 18 2006, 11:01 AM) It ma... May 18 2006, 10:57 AM David QUOTE (tty @ May 18 2006, 10:01 AM) It ma... May 18 2006, 01:44 PM pat QUOTE (David @ May 18 2006, 02:44 PM) Tha... May 19 2006, 10:28 AM volcanopele hmm, interesting discussion. I've always pron... May 19 2006, 06:38 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (volcanopele @ May 19 2006, 06:38 P... May 19 2006, 06:53 PM Phil Stooke I shouldn't be considered a specialist in this... May 19 2006, 08:03 PM |
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