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 Sep 27 2006, 08:04 PM
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The 'half decent observation' is not that bad;
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiImageID=84520 http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiImageID=84503 (there are a couple of dozen raw images online) |
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Sep 27 2006, 08:06 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
and what is this? it looks more elongated than janus (sorry I don't know my icy satellites that well)
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiImageID=84454 It says it is pointed at saturn..hmmm. |
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Sep 27 2006, 08:15 PM
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QUOTE (remcook @ Sep 27 2006, 09:06 PM)  and what is this? it looks more elongated than janus (sorry I don't know my icy satellites that well) Might be Atlas. A more distant view taken a while ago. The Janus sequence is actually very nice. Kodak-moment-like even. A quick-n-dirty composite, IR1/GRN/UV3 frames, toned down a little:
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Sep 27 2006, 08:32 PM
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That would be Prometheus. Nice catch.
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Sep 27 2006, 10:33 PM
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This seems the closest of the Janus shots:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiImageID=84486 |
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Sep 28 2006, 02:42 AM
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Some darker material at the bottom of this crater?
Images of Dione and Tethys buried behind 20+ pages http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...4/N00066342.jpg http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...4/N00066341.jpg |
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Sep 28 2006, 06:49 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3652 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
QUOTE (alan @ Sep 28 2006, 03:42 AM) Some darker material at the bottom of this crater? It looks like ordinary topographic shading to me. -------------------- |
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