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remcook View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 11:41 AM Post #1
Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47	Frames for a prometheus movie seems to have appeared in the raw images. What software do you guys use to make a GIF animation? I might actually try and make one some day! But I'm sure lots of you can do it faster and better

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Eric Hartwell

Mar 8 2009, 03:42 PM

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Detail, 200%, of PIA10593 This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 18 degrees above the ringplane on January 14, 2009:

"Half an hour after Prometheus tore into this region of Saturn's F ring, the Cassini spacecraft snapped this image just as the moon was creating a new streamer in the ring.The dark pattern shaped like an upside down check mark in the lower left of the image is Prometheus and its shadow. The potato shaped moon can just be seen coming back out of the ring. ... The F ring is overexposed in this image which has been brightened to reveal the moon."

Wow. What's the geometry of this image? We know the rings are almost edge-on to the sun, and at first it looks like Prometheus is entirely 'below' the ring plane. Is that just an illusion due to the angle and the image processing? Are we seeing half the backlit moon through the rings, with the (lighter) 'bottom' on Cassini's side? How much is shadow and how much is wake?

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remcook Prometheus movie Aug 11 2008, 11:41 AM

djellison Photoshop CS3 for me. Aug 11 2008, 11:45 AM

ugordan Here's my version, Photoshop CS2 + Registax. Q... Aug 11 2008, 01:54 PM

ilbasso Break out the swear jar! That's incredibl... Aug 11 2008, 02:08 PM

Juramike WOW!!!! I just blurted that out a... Aug 11 2008, 06:05 PM

Ian R Sterling work as usual Gordan! Aug 11 2008, 07:01 PM

nprev <CLUNK!> (sound of brick hitting the flo... Aug 12 2008, 03:00 AM

peter59 New beautiful sequence. Mimas hides Prometheus. ht... Oct 22 2008, 06:28 PM

remcook it's already at page 6 of the link you put, bu... Oct 22 2008, 07:55 PM

elakdawalla Well spotted, Peter, thanks for the heads up! ... Oct 22 2008, 10:21 PM

jasedm I'm pretty sure that I spy Pan scooting around... Oct 23 2008, 04:24 PM

elakdawalla QUOTE (jasedm @ Oct 23 2008, 09:24 AM) I... Oct 23 2008, 04:59 PM

ugordan I thought that was Daphnis? Analysing the ring app... Oct 23 2008, 05:25 PM

ElkGroveDan Thanks Emily for putting it all together! htt... Oct 23 2008, 04:40 PM

elakdawalla I think you're right. Daphnis isn't showi... Oct 23 2008, 05:32 PM

jasedm On closer examination, agreed - it's Daphnis. ... Oct 23 2008, 06:08 PM

ugordan Grrr, looks like I mistyped Huygens gap when it sh... Oct 23 2008, 06:18 PM

remcook Another long Prometheus movie seems to be online. ... Feb 11 2009, 03:23 PM

jasedm Am still hoping we'll get some close-ups of Pr... Feb 11 2009, 04:30 PM

tallbear QUOTE (jasedm @ Feb 11 2009, 08:30 AM) Am... Feb 14 2009, 08:50 AM

jasedm Thanks Tallbear, I look forward to those. Feb 15 2009, 09:22 AM

Eric Hartwell Detail, 200%, of PIA10593 This view looks toward ... Mar 8 2009, 03:42 PM

jasedm I'm not sure of the viewing geometry here, but... Mar 9 2009, 04:44 PM

volcanopele Moved peter59's post to the more appropriate d... Dec 27 2009, 04:15 PM

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