Why has Cassini not done a high-rez mosaic of Titan?

Why has Cassini not done a high-rez mosaic of Titan?

stephenv2 View Member Profile	Jan 27 2009, 07:27 PM Post #1
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 27-December 06 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 1522	I've not be able to find a good answer to this question. High resolution visible light images of all the major moons of Saturn seem to exist but I don't see anything much over 500 pixels and not very usuable. I desperately need one for my film. I realize that the hazy world may make it seems there is not much science value in this but I'm not 100% convinced of that. Plus, I suspect a really high resolution image (say a 16-image one) would be well worth the cost from a PR viewpoint and perhaps it would reveal some interesting info as well. I have not found any real orbital/mission reason it could not be done before Cassini is finished. Anyone have any insight? -------------------- stephen v2 www.outsideinthemovie.com

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Greg Hullender View Member Profile	Jan 30 2009, 04:23 PM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1008 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590	Oh I don't think "annoyed" is the right word -- disappointed is probably closer. With so many flybys, I'd been hoping to watch the Titan map gradually fill in, but it hasn't happened that way. Glad to here there actually are plans to do it, though. I was half afraid you were going to tell me that there were some spots that just couldn't be imaged well because you couldn't have a flyby that went over them. Yet another reason to look forward to an orbiter, though. --Greg

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stephenv2 Why has Cassini not done a high-rez mosaic of Titan? Jan 27 2009, 07:27 PM

volcanopele The biggest problem with creating a high-resolutio... Jan 27 2009, 07:36 PM

stephenv2 QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jan 27 2009, 02:36 P... Jan 27 2009, 08:11 PM

ugordan You're not missing out on much. At low phase a... Jan 27 2009, 08:20 PM

stephenv2 QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 27 2009, 03:20 PM) Y... Jan 27 2009, 08:33 PM

djellison QUOTE (stephenv2 @ Jan 27 2009, 08:11 PM)... Jan 27 2009, 08:36 PM

stephenv2 Full inline quote removed - Admin Per the manned/... Jan 27 2009, 08:44 PM

djellison QUOTE (stephenv2 @ Jan 27 2009, 08:44 PM)... Jan 27 2009, 09:52 PM

volcanopele Looks about right, ugordan Jan 27 2009, 08:32 PM

imipak It depends whose "best" are referred to,... Jan 27 2009, 09:53 PM

stephenv2 QUOTE (imipak @ Jan 27 2009, 04:53 PM) th... Jan 28 2009, 01:17 AM

stevesliva QUOTE (stephenv2 @ Jan 27 2009, 09:17 PM)... Mar 17 2009, 02:35 PM

stephenv2 QUOTE (stevesliva @ Mar 17 2009, 09:35 AM... Mar 17 2009, 03:06 PM

Phil Stooke Uh - 'they' have done lots of high resolut... Jan 27 2009, 11:00 PM

stephenv2 QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 27 2009, 06:00 P... Jan 28 2009, 01:23 AM

titanicrivers QUOTE (stephenv2 @ Jan 27 2009, 07:23 PM)... Jan 28 2009, 02:26 AM

stephenv2 QUOTE (titanicrivers @ Jan 27 2009, 09:26... Jan 28 2009, 05:48 AM

Vultur The trick for making an extrapolation look right w... Jan 28 2009, 07:56 AM

djellison You've asked for insight into mission reasons ... Jan 28 2009, 09:21 AM

Greg Hullender I am kind of curious why we don't seem to have... Jan 29 2009, 11:54 PM

volcanopele The southern trailing hemisphere has been poorly c... Jan 30 2009, 12:03 AM

Greg Hullender QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jan 29 2009, 04:03 P... Jan 30 2009, 04:39 AM

Phil Stooke For what it's worth, Voyager 1 did take high r... Jan 30 2009, 12:05 AM

nprev Just out of curiosity, has anybody developed a goo... Jan 30 2009, 01:33 AM

lyford Ah, just film a cue ball in amber light with some ... Jan 30 2009, 03:33 AM

volcanopele Okay, yep that gap is real. Again, in later NT en... Jan 30 2009, 04:47 AM

Greg Hullender Oh I don't think "annoyed" is the ri... Jan 30 2009, 04:23 PM

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