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Discussion from the Cassini raw images thread moved here.
That's a really unusual image. Alpha Centauri A and B above the horizon of Saturn. Raw images: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...0/N00110894.jpg http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...0/N00110895.jpg http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...0/N00110896.jpg http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...0/N00110897.jpg -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
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Jun 18 2008, 05:57 PM
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Makes me sad a bit. I don't think a extra solar probe would ever be lauched during my life time.
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QUOTE (Decepticon @ Jun 18 2008, 06:57 PM)  Makes me sad a bit. I don't think a extra solar probe would ever be lauched during my life time. I know what you mean, I feel exactly the same. But I try to comfort myself with the knowledge that one day this will happen for real...
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peter59 Future missions Jun 18 2008, 04:04 PM
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