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Enceladus August 11, 2008 encounter, Close-up observations of plume vents |
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Just 8 days until the next Enceladus encounter.
CICLOPS Rev 80 Looking Ahead will appear here soon. Cassini Enceladus 080EN Mission Description is here now. We get to fly through the south polar jets again. -Floyd [edit] Soon = somtime before encounter -------------------- |
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Floyd Enceladus August 11, 2008 encounter Aug 3 2008, 06:54 PM
ElkGroveDan Yikes they are really going to be diving trough th... Aug 3 2008, 07:28 PM
jmknapp QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Aug 3 2008, 03:28 PM... Aug 3 2008, 11:20 PM
nprev QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Aug 3 2008, 12:28 PM... Aug 8 2008, 02:06 AM
nprev Let me be the first to say both "OOO!... Aug 4 2008, 12:35 AM
jasedm Joe that's an inspirational piece of work... Aug 4 2008, 09:15 AM
jmknapp QUOTE (jasedm @ Aug 4 2008, 04:15 AM) Joe... Aug 4 2008, 11:16 AM
ynyralmaen QUOTE (jasedm @ Aug 4 2008, 10:15 AM) I t... Aug 4 2008, 11:56 AM
ilbasso I imagine they also want to avoid exposing the cam... Aug 4 2008, 12:27 PM
tallbear Enceladus is in eclipse from 224-21:42 to 225-... Aug 4 2008, 06:02 PM
jmknapp QUOTE (tallbear @ Aug 4 2008, 01:02 PM) E... Aug 5 2008, 01:36 PM
Decepticon Is there any chance for Saturn Shine imaging durin... Aug 5 2008, 04:32 PM
volcanopele There is some chance. But keep in mind that the s... Aug 5 2008, 07:08 PM
Floyd Link to map of Enceladus encounters on Emily's... Aug 6 2008, 12:00 AM
jmknapp Looking at the planned ISS pointing during the enc... Aug 6 2008, 12:35 AM
nprev QUOTE (jmknapp @ Aug 5 2008, 05:35 PM) An... Aug 6 2008, 01:07 AM
jasedm QUOTE (nprev @ Aug 6 2008, 02:07 AM) Bet ... Aug 6 2008, 10:27 AM
jmknapp Here's another animation, a much less frenetic... Aug 6 2008, 04:57 PM
Juramike QUOTE (jmknapp @ Aug 6 2008, 11:57 AM) He... Aug 6 2008, 11:01 PM
Floyd The Mission Description is up. Link
http://s... Aug 6 2008, 08:29 PM
Holder of the Two Leashes My appetite is whetted. Big time. Aug 6 2008, 10:04 PM
Floyd Joe, Really great animation! Aug 6 2008, 11:19 PM
Juramike CICLOPS description is now up (with a really nice ... Aug 7 2008, 04:13 PM
jmknapp QUOTE (Juramike @ Aug 7 2008, 11:13 AM) C... Aug 7 2008, 04:40 PM
belleraphon1 Wow!!!! This is going to be some e... Aug 7 2008, 04:24 PM
ugordan A detailed description indeed. Reminds me of the (... Aug 7 2008, 04:32 PM
stevesliva They're blogging the encounter here:
http://bl... Aug 8 2008, 03:17 AM
Holder of the Two Leashes It is a good encounter video, and informative, but... Aug 8 2008, 04:00 AM
jasedm Wonderful. This has to be the best flyby yet in te... Aug 8 2008, 11:28 AM
jmknapp Sounds like an impressively complicated and exacti... Aug 8 2008, 01:37 PM
ugordan As I understood it, Cassini's rotation won... Aug 8 2008, 02:01 PM
jmknapp QUOTE (ugordan @ Aug 8 2008, 09:01 AM) As... Aug 8 2008, 02:43 PM

scalbers QUOTE (jmknapp @ Aug 8 2008, 02:43 PM) He... Aug 9 2008, 07:24 PM

jmknapp QUOTE (scalbers @ Aug 9 2008, 02:24 PM) I... Aug 10 2008, 01:53 AM
Holder of the Two Leashes QUOTE (ugordan @ Aug 8 2008, 09:01 AM) I... Aug 8 2008, 03:00 PM
ugordan I don't believe a shadow can/will be visible, ... Aug 8 2008, 03:05 PM
volcanopele The skeet shooting images will be full-frame image... Aug 8 2008, 02:47 PM
jmknapp How about plume material that might be up in the s... Aug 8 2008, 03:12 PM
ugordan That would be potentially visible in an ideal situ... Aug 8 2008, 03:19 PM
elakdawalla Here's some more good stuff on the WAC part of... Aug 8 2008, 03:30 PM
ugordan So there's a wide-angle shot over the limb whi... Aug 8 2008, 03:43 PM
Anne Verbiscer QUOTE (ugordan @ Aug 8 2008, 11:43 AM) So... Aug 8 2008, 05:30 PM
jasedm Good to see the interest that this flyby has garne... Aug 8 2008, 06:00 PM
Stu For a change this is pretty good timing for us Bri... Aug 8 2008, 07:56 PM
volcanopele I got 0530 UTC for images to show up on the JPL Ra... Aug 8 2008, 09:08 PM
Stu QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 8 2008, 10:08 PM... Aug 8 2008, 09:21 PM
Anne Verbiscer For those interested primarily in the close approa... Aug 8 2008, 11:48 PM
Floyd Nice atlas and map of Enceladus posted a few days ... Aug 10 2008, 02:06 PM
Doc I plan to make a mosaic or 2 from the coming data.... Aug 10 2008, 02:11 PM
Anne Verbiscer QUOTE (Doc @ Aug 10 2008, 09:11 AM) I pla... Aug 10 2008, 08:38 PM
Roby72 I remember one Cassini image with the NA camera wh... Aug 10 2008, 06:36 PM
scalbers On the CICLOPS page it says 4m/pixel, though with ... Aug 10 2008, 06:46 PM
Holder of the Two Leashes You will find those two on Emily's blog site, ... Aug 10 2008, 06:50 PM
elakdawalla Yeah, those super-close images weren't origina... Aug 10 2008, 07:21 PM
Bjorn Jonsson QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 10 2008, 07:21 P... Aug 11 2008, 01:16 AM
jmknapp When they say x meters/pixel, is that the average ... Aug 10 2008, 09:17 PM
ugordan I'd say they quote the resolution at the middl... Aug 10 2008, 09:22 PM
jmknapp QUOTE (ugordan @ Aug 10 2008, 05:22 PM) I... Aug 11 2008, 12:33 AM
ugordan QUOTE (jmknapp @ Aug 11 2008, 02:33 AM) T... Aug 11 2008, 01:27 AM
jmknapp QUOTE (ugordan @ Aug 10 2008, 09:27 PM) Y... Aug 11 2008, 01:55 AM
Stu I know, I know, here I go again, laying on weepy, ... Aug 10 2008, 09:31 PM
belleraphon1 [quote name='Stu' date='Aug 10 2008, 0... Aug 10 2008, 10:53 PM
nprev Hear, hear!!! UMSF's Poet Laureate... Aug 10 2008, 11:01 PM
ElkGroveDan That's one of your best Stu.
I can almost pi... Aug 11 2008, 12:44 AM
belleraphon1 Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
"fissures that open and c... Aug 11 2008, 12:48 AM
mchan QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Aug 10 2008, 04:48 ... Aug 11 2008, 05:40 AM
volcanopele Only the last skeet shot image shown in the attach... Aug 11 2008, 01:42 AM
ugordan The reason there aren't more BOTSIMs might lie... Aug 11 2008, 01:49 AM
dmuller Better late than never, I have copied Emily's ... Aug 11 2008, 11:21 AM
Bjorn Jonsson The distant (~450,000 km) images from today's ... Aug 11 2008, 08:10 PM
ugordan QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Aug 11 2008, 10:10... Aug 11 2008, 08:29 PM
Bjorn Jonsson QUOTE (ugordan @ Aug 11 2008, 08:29 PM) W... Aug 11 2008, 08:45 PM
ugordan They probably *are* poking behind, but at that poi... Aug 11 2008, 08:48 PM
elakdawalla I agree with you that it seems weird to be looking... Aug 11 2008, 08:32 PM
jmknapp The first image--a WAC image at 21:07:19--will be ... Aug 11 2008, 09:51 PM
remcook lots of blank white images of Enceladus in the raw... Aug 12 2008, 08:34 AM
jmknapp JPL news release:
QUOTE Shorty after 9:03 p.m. Pa... Aug 12 2008, 10:53 AM
tedstryk Someone on Enceladus was having fun pointing a las... Aug 12 2008, 01:57 PM
Floyd If i'm reading the timeline from the Mission D... Aug 12 2008, 03:51 PM
volcanopele No images from the second downlink that I can see.... Aug 12 2008, 03:54 PM
jasedm See post 45 above - looks like it will be tomorrow... Aug 12 2008, 04:15 PM
ugordan QUOTE (jasedm @ Aug 12 2008, 06:15 PM) Se... Aug 12 2008, 04:23 PM
volcanopele I know that My point was that the "we may g... Aug 12 2008, 04:19 PM
volcanopele Not sure where 1800 UTC came from. The 9 hour lon... Aug 12 2008, 04:30 PM
ugordan I guess the ISS playback wasn't scheduled to s... Aug 12 2008, 04:39 PM
volcanopele The images on the raw images page shows up 4 hours... Aug 12 2008, 04:50 PM
Mariner9 We are all getting spoiled. Remember how agoni... Aug 12 2008, 05:28 PM
peter59 Que sera ? Big disappointment or images like this ... Aug 12 2008, 07:26 PM
vmcgregor Approach images are now going to the raw image pag... Aug 12 2008, 07:27 PM
ugordan Yay! I was hoping they'd pull something li... Aug 12 2008, 07:34 PM
jmknapp Hey, those are receding shots, e.g.:
N00118300.jp... Aug 12 2008, 07:36 PM
Juramike QUOTE (jmknapp @ Aug 12 2008, 02:36 PM) H... Aug 12 2008, 07:39 PM

ugordan Looks like no bugs on the windshield, too! Aug 12 2008, 07:40 PM
vmcgregor The team is working to manually post a few of the ... Aug 12 2008, 09:25 PM
Holder of the Two Leashes They got the subject in the frame (fingers crossed... Aug 12 2008, 07:44 PM
elakdawalla Some inbound shots there now... Aug 12 2008, 08:03 PM
jmknapp QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 12 2008, 03:03 P... Aug 12 2008, 08:38 PM
Paolo Amoroso What do pictures like this show? Plumes?
Paolo A... Aug 12 2008, 08:33 PM
ugordan Paolo:
Stray light, most likely from Enceladus it... Aug 12 2008, 08:39 PM
elakdawalla There are a few more up -- looks like they are not... Aug 12 2008, 09:27 PM![]() ![]() |
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