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remcook
post 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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post Sep 27 2006, 08:06 PM
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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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post 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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- remcook   Janus   Sep 27 2006, 08:04 PM
- - remcook   and what is this? it looks more elongated than jan...   Sep 27 2006, 08:06 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (remcook @ Sep 27 2006, 09:06 PM) a...   Sep 27 2006, 08:15 PM
- - volcanopele   That would be Prometheus. Nice catch.   Sep 27 2006, 08:32 PM
- - Sunspot   This seems the closest of the Janus shots: http:/...   Sep 27 2006, 10:33 PM
- - alan   Some darker material at the bottom of this crater?...   Sep 28 2006, 02:42 AM
- - ugordan   QUOTE (alan @ Sep 28 2006, 03:42 AM) Some...   Sep 28 2006, 06:49 AM

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