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Rev 149 - May 30-Jun 29, 2011 - Helene, Distant Iapetus, mutual events
charborob
post May 30 2011, 08:02 PM
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Latest Looking ahead article (Rev149: May 30 - Jun 29) is up.
- Iapetus observations
- Titan-Rhea mutual event
- close (6,968 km) flyby of Helene
- Titan flyby
Interesting stuff.
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post Jun 21 2011, 04:48 AM
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I'm just blown away by the subtlety of the light in this image - the first frame in Cassini's Helene sequence - image N00172780.

Does anyone know if the light shining at the bottom of the frame is Saturn's limb/terminator, a moon or some other feature? Is the planet part of the background?

Also, with an eXtreme contrast stretch (right), Helene's body comes out of the darkness smile.gif

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BTW, nice job everyone of the images produced so far.
Cassini's own image release is here and the same from JPL here.
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post Jun 21 2011, 05:55 AM
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QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jun 20 2011, 09:48 PM) *
Does anyone know if the light shining at the bottom of the frame is Saturn's limb/terminator, a moon or some other feature? Is the planet part of the background?


Eyes on the Solar System has predicted trajectory (but not pointing) for this - and looking at the geometry, I think it's the limb of Saturn, The 'darkness' you have, is the night side of Saturn. C/A was well after that and the dark side of Saturn was no longer in the FOV.
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- charborob   Rev 149 - May 30-Jun 29, 2011 - Helene   May 30 2011, 08:02 PM
- - Juramike   Image of Saturn on June 4, 2011. Assembled from C...   Jun 7 2011, 02:15 AM
- - charborob   Lots of Iapetus images have been posted on Cassini...   Jun 8 2011, 02:37 PM
|- - ugordan   Iapetus' double impact basin front-n-center. ...   Jun 8 2011, 07:27 PM
- - ngunn   Much appreciated Gordan. It's great to see the...   Jun 8 2011, 08:39 PM
- - Explorer1   Has any new terrain been revealed in this view? Ob...   Jun 9 2011, 02:48 AM
- - Ian R   Imagine if you could rock Iapetus back and forth i...   Jun 9 2011, 04:43 PM
- - charborob   I downloaded all the flyby images this morning wit...   Jun 9 2011, 05:05 PM
|- - ugordan   Another random snapshot from the Iapetus sequence,...   Jun 11 2011, 10:21 PM
- - Ian R   Great as per usual, Gordan. I've updated my I...   Jun 12 2011, 06:55 AM
- - CAP-Team   as for Iapetus, my only wish would be to have high...   Jun 12 2011, 08:22 AM
- - Decepticon   Its sad we don't get anymore closer flybys. I...   Jun 12 2011, 05:46 PM
- - Juramike   Methanovision composite [MT3,MT2,CB2] with an over...   Jun 14 2011, 02:13 AM
|- - Leither   Mike, another fantastic composition - such beauty...   Jun 14 2011, 08:44 AM
- - Juramike   Two frame blink animation of two MethanoVision [MT...   Jun 16 2011, 12:52 AM
- - Juramike   June 14, 2011 image. Not this might be similar (1...   Jun 17 2011, 01:59 AM
|- - ugordan   I can haz mutual event? http://saturn.jpl.nasa.go...   Jun 17 2011, 01:47 PM
- - elakdawalla   Oo, now they're getting all fancy with their c...   Jun 17 2011, 02:39 PM
- - charborob   Until someone makes an animation of this mutual ev...   Jun 17 2011, 02:55 PM
|- - algorimancer   QUOTE (charborob @ Jun 17 2011, 09:55 AM)...   Jun 22 2011, 05:53 PM
- - ilbasso   I had lunch with Carolyn Porco a couple of weeks a...   Jun 17 2011, 05:08 PM
|- - ugordan   Don't go around looking for any alien bases, y...   Jun 17 2011, 05:50 PM
- - nprev   ....that is drop-dead gorgeous, Gordan!!...   Jun 17 2011, 05:56 PM
- - lyford   SUH-WEET!   Jun 17 2011, 08:27 PM
- - Astro0   Until someone makes an animation... Well, not exa...   Jun 18 2011, 02:40 PM
- - eoincampbell   Astro0, very moving   Jun 18 2011, 03:34 PM
|- - ugordan   Very nice and seamless, Astro0!   Jun 18 2011, 08:41 PM
- - Ian R   Holy Smokes!   Jun 20 2011, 12:10 PM
|- - ugordan   Wow, they totally NAILED it this time!   Jun 20 2011, 12:12 PM
- - antipode   Holy smokes! Downslope flow features? P   Jun 20 2011, 12:15 PM
- - Ian R   RE: Rev 149 - May 30-Jun 29, 2011 - Helene   Jun 20 2011, 12:30 PM
|- - The Singing Badger   Wow. These tiny moons never fail to bewilder.   Jun 20 2011, 12:48 PM
|- - SFJCody   ... that's a pretty astonishing little body. T...   Jun 20 2011, 12:50 PM
|- - ugordan   RGB composites, one in natural-ish contrast and an...   Jun 20 2011, 12:56 PM
- - Ian R   RE: Rev 149 - May 30-Jun 29, 2011 - Helene   Jun 20 2011, 12:47 PM
- - Ian R   I'm posting a link to my Helene 'mini-atla...   Jun 20 2011, 01:16 PM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Wow. Yet another object in the Saturn system that ...   Jun 20 2011, 01:46 PM
- - machi   Excellent images! Ski slopes on the Saturn...   Jun 20 2011, 01:52 PM
- - charborob   Here's a try at a cross-eyed 3D view:   Jun 20 2011, 02:33 PM
- - Phil Stooke   It looks as if a surface crust is eroding away... ...   Jun 20 2011, 02:42 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 20 2011, 04:42 P...   Jun 20 2011, 04:01 PM
- - Ian R   Here's a 'bouncy' flyby movie: http:/...   Jun 20 2011, 03:12 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (Ian R @ Jun 20 2011, 11:12 AM) Her...   Jun 20 2011, 03:35 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Great work Ian. I know how time consuming that ca...   Jun 20 2011, 03:46 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Great work, everyone. Phil   Jun 20 2011, 03:48 PM
- - Juramike   To me, it looks like ring material is coating up a...   Jun 20 2011, 04:38 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 20 2011, 06:38 PM) ...   Jun 20 2011, 04:47 PM
- - cbcnasa   Amazing image and interesting craters and errosion...   Jun 20 2011, 05:17 PM
- - jasedm   Awesome with a capital 'awe' I've bee...   Jun 20 2011, 06:30 PM
- - Poolio   Incredible. Thanks again and again to the Cassini...   Jun 20 2011, 06:43 PM
- - brellis   Looks kinda like a used painting sponge:   Jun 20 2011, 06:52 PM
- - Phil Stooke   No, that's Hyperion! Phil   Jun 20 2011, 07:39 PM
- - Gsnorgathon   I'd love a hi-res enough view to do a good com...   Jun 20 2011, 09:22 PM
- - belleraphon1   Thanks CASSINI and UMSF image mages.... Agree wit...   Jun 20 2011, 10:07 PM
- - Stu   Good... ***grief***... Just got back from a day i...   Jun 20 2011, 10:20 PM
- - nprev   Stu: Well said!!!!!!!...   Jun 21 2011, 01:56 AM
- - Astro0   I'm just blown away by the subtlety of the lig...   Jun 21 2011, 04:48 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jun 20 2011, 09:48 PM) Do...   Jun 21 2011, 05:55 AM
|- - toddbronco2   QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 20 2011, 10:55 PM)...   Jun 22 2011, 02:38 PM
- - Juramike   I wonder if the color changes on the surface are a...   Jun 21 2011, 10:58 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 21 2011, 12:58 PM) ...   Jun 21 2011, 11:16 AM
|- - pat   QUOTE (Juramike @ Jun 21 2011, 11:58 AM) ...   Jun 21 2011, 01:10 PM
- - machi   "Anyone know if VIMS also got images?" ...   Jun 21 2011, 11:30 AM
- - tasp   Anyone else reminded of Clarke's novel, A Fall...   Jun 21 2011, 01:32 PM
- - ugordan   High phase Titan, WAC & NAC red+blue composite...   Jun 22 2011, 03:06 PM
- - eoincampbell   High praise for that high phase... WOW !   Jun 22 2011, 03:42 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Stanley Kubrick would be envious.   Jun 22 2011, 04:45 PM
- - Ian R   The distant view from January essentially shows th...   Jun 27 2011, 01:24 AM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (Ian R @ Jun 27 2011, 01:24 AM) ......   Jun 27 2011, 06:14 PM
|- - pjam   QUOTE (dilo @ Jun 27 2011, 03:44 PM) Grea...   Jul 3 2011, 05:39 PM
- - machi   Fantastic finding! From this angle Helene loo...   Jun 27 2011, 09:24 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Very nice, Dilo! Phil   Jun 27 2011, 06:29 PM
- - Ian R   I concur with Phil: Dilo, that was a really good i...   Jul 1 2011, 03:58 PM
- - Ian R   This flyby made me go back and take another look a...   Jul 4 2011, 10:16 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Very nice. I think that other face is the leading...   Jul 4 2011, 10:56 AM
- - wildespace   Just "discovered" Helene, what a peculia...   Feb 20 2017, 06:26 AM
- - Explorer1   007 m/s2 from Wolfram Alpha: http://www.wolframalp...   Feb 21 2017, 04:19 AM

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