Rev 120-121 - Oct 23-Nov 30, 2009 - Enceladus E7, E8

Rev 120-121 - Oct 23-Nov 30, 2009 - Enceladus E7, E8

ngunn View Member Profile	Oct 29 2009, 07:08 PM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542	The rev 121 Rhea nontargeted flyby is discussed in a different thread - moderator Mission Description double bill: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/files/20091102-...description.pdf

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ngunn View Member Profile	Nov 20 2009, 11:38 AM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542	Quote from the flyby page for today: "NASA's Cassini spacecraft will fly by Saturn's moon Enceladus this weekend for a last peek at the intriguing 'tiger stripes' before winter darkness blankets the area for several years." Got me thinking what will the tiger stripes look like after the sun sets. Might there be some kind of luminescence associated with the plume activity?

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ngunn Rev 120-121 - Oct 23-Nov 30, 2009 - Enceladus E7, E8 Oct 29 2009, 07:08 PM

elakdawalla Holy smokes, whose job is it going to be to assemb... Oct 29 2009, 09:42 PM

volcanopele It's what I do, shouldn't be too difficult... Oct 29 2009, 09:49 PM

JohnVV QUOTE It's what I do, shouldn't be too dif... Oct 30 2009, 03:35 AM

nprev That's gonna be a great set; lots of terra ine... Oct 30 2009, 05:20 AM

Juramike Latest global map of Enceladus was released (pre-f... Oct 31 2009, 04:06 PM

JohnVV QUOTE Latest global map of Enceladus was released ... Oct 31 2009, 08:53 PM

eoincampbell Should we expect images worthy of the swear-jar th... Nov 1 2009, 04:05 AM

ngunn This one's not bad for starters: http://saturn... Nov 1 2009, 07:59 PM

Stu QUOTE (ngunn @ Nov 1 2009, 07:59 PM) This... Nov 1 2009, 10:09 PM

nprev I might have missed it in the mission description,... Nov 2 2009, 12:19 AM

john_s Nope, the mass spectrometer and dust instruments w... Nov 2 2009, 03:07 AM

nprev Thanks, John. I suspected as much given the emphas... Nov 2 2009, 04:44 AM

ustrax I am sure I have missed this class...for when are ... Nov 2 2009, 08:09 PM

Anne Verbiscer QUOTE (ustrax @ Nov 2 2009, 04:09 PM) I a... Nov 2 2009, 09:23 PM

jasedm Next 24 hours I would imagine... Nov 2 2009, 08:27 PM

Sunspot I got this email from the ciclops website: QUOTE ... Nov 2 2009, 08:47 PM

Bjorn Jonsson WOW! http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/ra... Nov 3 2009, 01:16 AM

Hungry4info Wow is right. Nov 3 2009, 01:20 AM

mhoward ** clink, clink ** Nov 3 2009, 01:20 AM

ElkGroveDan Oh my. Nov 3 2009, 01:39 AM

nprev ...<clink!> Edit: More on the site as w... Nov 3 2009, 01:40 AM

Hungry4info Plumes! http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/ra... Nov 3 2009, 01:48 AM

nprev 205377 is amazing. I count 5 discrete large plumes... Nov 3 2009, 01:52 AM

Hungry4info Not sure what this is showing, if anything useful,... Nov 3 2009, 02:08 AM

volcanopele Versions of a few images without jpeg compression ... Nov 3 2009, 02:11 AM

nprev That made a huge difference, Jason, thank you... Nov 3 2009, 02:27 AM

volcanopele http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi...?imag... Nov 3 2009, 04:42 AM

Juramike RGB combo of Enceladus images (R=IR1; G=Red; B=Blu... Nov 3 2009, 05:21 AM

Stu Good grief!!! What a sight to wake u... Nov 3 2009, 06:20 AM

nprev Yes it is, Stu, and looking at it more closely I r... Nov 3 2009, 06:48 AM

Hungry4info I'm confused. There seems to be no light shin... Nov 3 2009, 09:16 AM

volcanopele The images in the JPL Raw Images page for this fly... Nov 3 2009, 09:27 AM

belleraphon1 WOW! At work and just had my first chance to ... Nov 3 2009, 12:44 PM

ugordan A RGB view with F ring backdrop and one of the sat... Nov 3 2009, 05:32 PM

elakdawalla Looks like it's Prometheus. Cool! Nov 3 2009, 05:47 PM

mgrodzki been a long pause… is this all of them or are ther... Nov 3 2009, 05:50 PM

volcanopele There hopefully will be 1 or 2 more BOTSIMs (NAC/W... Nov 3 2009, 06:03 PM

jasedm Could the pointing have been a little off? - there... Nov 3 2009, 07:40 PM

S_Walker QUOTE (jasedm @ Nov 3 2009, 02:40 PM) Cou... Nov 4 2009, 11:34 PM

illexsquid Those plume shots are spectacular. The level of fi... Nov 3 2009, 07:48 PM

S_Walker QUOTE (illexsquid @ Nov 3 2009, 02:48 PM)... Nov 4 2009, 11:37 PM

S_Walker Here's an image created from 5 of the raw shot... Nov 4 2009, 09:09 PM

HughFromAlice QUOTE (S_Walker @ Nov 5 2009, 06:39 AM) H... Nov 8 2009, 06:26 AM

Littlebit Like it, Hugh from Alice! The plumes turn int... Nov 13 2009, 08:59 PM

HughFromAlice QUOTE (Littlebit @ Nov 14 2009, 06:29 AM)... Nov 14 2009, 10:19 AM

ngunn That is superb. The yellowish saturnshine in parti... Nov 4 2009, 10:49 PM

Floyd volcanopele or other Cassini team members: Can you... Nov 5 2009, 12:39 AM

volcanopele Not sure. Those BOTSIMs were just taken earlier t... Nov 5 2009, 12:55 AM

nprev Jason, has anyone set an upper limit on the 't... Nov 5 2009, 01:41 AM

john_s QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 5 2009, 02:41 AM) The ... Nov 5 2009, 02:48 AM

brellis *steps out from the crowd of lurkers* If the f... Nov 5 2009, 02:07 AM

nprev I might be getting spoofed by the curvature of Enc... Nov 5 2009, 05:35 AM

jasedm No additional NAC images of enceladus have shown u... Nov 6 2009, 09:46 PM

volcanopele There was no mosaic imagery this time around plann... Nov 6 2009, 09:59 PM

jasedm My mistake - thanks jason, I look forward to those... Nov 6 2009, 10:03 PM

Floyd I was confused as well. My previous post was in r... Nov 7 2009, 12:09 AM

scalbers As I recall the next flyby is the one that shows m... Nov 7 2009, 01:25 AM

ngunn Quote from the flyby page for today: "NASA... Nov 20 2009, 11:38 AM

ugordan QUOTE (ngunn @ Nov 20 2009, 12:38 PM) Mig... Nov 20 2009, 11:41 AM

ngunn Right, thanks, clearly nothing on a spectacular sc... Nov 20 2009, 12:40 PM

Bjorn Jonsson Wow: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/rawi..... Nov 21 2009, 01:19 PM

Bjorn Jonsson Actually I can't resist posting a plume image ... Nov 21 2009, 01:23 PM

Stu Holy frak...!!! Best get the swear... Nov 21 2009, 01:26 PM

Bjorn Jonsson This one shows backlit plume material silhouetted ... Nov 21 2009, 01:28 PM

belleraphon1 OH WOW ....Bjorn the images are beyond what I exp... Nov 21 2009, 01:31 PM

Bjorn Jonsson I'm getting the impression that this must be t... Nov 21 2009, 01:37 PM

tedstryk This one has left me almost unable to use whole wo... Nov 21 2009, 01:55 PM

Floyd Bjorn, I totally agree--these are some of the best... Nov 21 2009, 01:58 PM

remcook Yup, swear jar time! Amazing, really amazing... Nov 21 2009, 02:14 PM

ugordan Oh, my, these images are simply wonderful! Her... Nov 21 2009, 02:19 PM

Hungry4info Meh... I've seen better. More seriously. ... Nov 21 2009, 02:24 PM

ugordan A great stereo view of one of the stripes, 2.6 and... Nov 21 2009, 02:38 PM

ugordan And an anaglyph of frames from 2 and 2.3 thousand ... Nov 21 2009, 03:01 PM

Stu Wow... Nov 21 2009, 03:02 PM

ngunn Wonderful sights! Hats off to the Cassini team... Nov 21 2009, 03:16 PM

Stu QUOTE (ngunn @ Nov 21 2009, 03:16 PM) (Bu... Nov 21 2009, 03:55 PM

Sunspot Those plume images !!!!!!... Nov 21 2009, 03:20 PM

Mariner9 I was a bit depressed before the flyby knowing tha... Nov 21 2009, 03:25 PM

floron here's a red/blue anaglyph of the plumes, with... Nov 21 2009, 03:42 PM

eoincampbell Fantastic work by the Cassini team to bring us tho... Nov 21 2009, 03:57 PM

elakdawalla WOW!! THanks for the eye-popping stereo, g... Nov 21 2009, 04:28 PM

mhoward This is what red-blue glasses were made for. Jaw-d... Nov 21 2009, 05:00 PM

machi Stereo images are simply amazing! Nov 21 2009, 05:11 PM

jasedm I'd almost forgotten about this encounter (unu... Nov 21 2009, 05:54 PM

imipak QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Nov 21 2009, 02:24 P... Nov 21 2009, 07:07 PM

ugordan This flyby certainly set new standards for awesome... Nov 21 2009, 07:19 PM

scalbers Amazing to see Enceladus' shadow appear to lif... Nov 21 2009, 07:27 PM

Sunspot Would love to have seen the reaction from the scie... Nov 21 2009, 07:36 PM

Stu Just... beautiful... Nov 21 2009, 07:49 PM

belleraphon1 QUOTE (Stu @ Nov 21 2009, 02:49 PM) Just.... Nov 21 2009, 08:35 PM

nprev <yawn><wakes up, turns on computer, goes ... Nov 21 2009, 08:14 PM

Tman The longer the mission the better the images... Nov 21 2009, 08:17 PM

Juramike Mosaic made of the initial images N00146699, N0014... Nov 21 2009, 08:39 PM

volcanopele Just in case you are all wondering: The E-8 playba... Nov 21 2009, 08:55 PM

belleraphon1 QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 21 2009, 03:55 P... Nov 21 2009, 09:04 PM

jasedm Don't want to appear ungrateful, but Cassini p... Nov 21 2009, 09:14 PM

dilo Sirs, I still need to fully recover from such plea... Nov 21 2009, 09:40 PM

NickF Truly wonderful images. Thanks to those that have ... Nov 21 2009, 10:27 PM

Hungry4info More plume images, though not quite as amazing. ht... Nov 21 2009, 10:31 PM

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