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Looking down through the A ring and Cassini Division, the Cassini spacecraft sees the
bright limb of Saturn. The view shows a portion the rings from the outer B ring, at upper
right, to the F ring at bottom.
See PIA08389 for a labeled map of Saturn's rings.
The perspective is toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 15 degrees
above the ringplane.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera
on Dec. 12, 2007. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 2.2 million
kilometers (1.4 million miles) from Saturn. Image scale is 28 kilometers (17 miles)
per pixel in the radial, or outward from Saturn, direction; and 13 kilometers (8 miles)
per pixel in the longitudinal, or around Saturn, direction.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space
Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's
Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard
cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations
center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
The Cassini imaging team homepage is at ciclops.org .
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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The Cassini spacecraft monitors the myriad cloud forms that drift in
Saturn's atmosphere, helping scientists gain a better understanding of how
energy is transported around, and from within, the planet.
This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 23
degrees above the ringplane. Saturn's shadow hides the rings at top.
The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Feb.
25, 2008 using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared
light centered at 752 nanometers. The view was obtained at a distance of
approximately 1.6 million kilometers (1 million miles) from Saturn. Image
scale is 94 kilometers (58 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The Cassini spacecraft views the gauzy C ring of Saturn, with the
cloud-streaked planet providing a dramatic backdrop.
This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 32
degrees above the ringplane. The image was taken in visible light with the
Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Feb. 5, 2008. The view was
obtained at a distance of approximately 1.5 million kilometers (960,000
miles) from Saturn and at a Sun-ring-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 46
degrees. Image scale is about 11 kilometers (7 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
The Cassini imaging team homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Looking at the Mercury and Jupiter conjunction through the Zenithstar 61II telescope. They are also both in frame and in focus, though getting less visible due to the incoming sunrise.
Definitely worth getting up a little earlier.
Saturn - July 19th taken at the same time the Cassini probe was taking images looking back at Earth.
Jupiter and Venus having a little party. December 1st will be even more fun with the moon joining in: www.spaceweather3.com/images2008/01dec08/skymap_01dec08.g...
Saturn's rings are dark and elusive in this view from high above the
ringplane, but their shadows on the planet give them away.
This view looks toward the unlit side of the rings from about 37 degrees
above the ringplane. The D, C, and B rings and the innermost A ring fill
this view, although the rings are quite dark and difficult to see. Their
structure is far clearer on the planet at right. Near upper right is a
dot-like shadow, likely that of the small moon Janus.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft
wide-angle camera on Sept. 27, 2006 at a distance of approximately 1
million kilometers (600,000 miles) from Saturn and at a
Sun-Saturn-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 137 degrees. Image scale is 58
kilometers (36 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Owl Nebula (M97) in Ursa Major - Dual 7nm narrow-band (Optolong L-eXtreme filter) image, consisting 120 five minute exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker: a total of 10 hours of integrated data (H-alpha and OIII). Explore Scientific ED APO 152mm, f=1200mm, f/7.9 refractor telescope. Telescope was tracked on a Skywatcher EQ8-R-Pro Mount and guided using PHD2 software.
Also includes 30 Dark frames, 30 Flat frames and 30 Dark-Flat frames. Post processed in Photoshop. This planetary nebula is about 2600 light years from us and estimated to be about 8000 years old. It is the end of life for a low-to-medium mass star. Our Sun has a similar fate. Taken in bright Moon-light.
The Cassini spacecraft catches a hint of topography on Janus, which orbits
Saturn just outside the planet's narrow F ring.
This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 12
degrees above the ringplane. Janus is 179 kilometers (111 miles) across.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft
narrow-angle camera on April 14, 2008. The view was acquired at a
distance of approximately 1.5 million kilometers (930,000 miles) from
Janus and at a Sun-Janus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 22 degrees. Image
scale is 9 kilometers (6 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Cassini caught this intriguing view of a dark storm near the limb of
Saturn on Sept. 9, 2004. The image shows a great deal of detail in the
gas giant's turbulent atmosphere.
The bright triangle at right is an overexposed part of Saturn's A ring,
with the F ring faintly visible beneath.
The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow angle camera at a
distance of 8.8 million kilometers (5.5 million miles) from Saturn,
through a filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light. The image
scale is 104 kilometers (65 miles) per pixel. The image was magnified by
a factor of two and slightly contrast-enhanced to improve visibility of
features in the atmosphere.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Office of Space Science,
Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras, were
designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at
the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.
For more information, about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit,
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/ and the Cassini imaging team home page,
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
This project was created for the first edition of MOCarze, a contest hosted on the Discord server. I built it in August 2024.
The rings of Saturn glow softly as sunlight from below wends its way
through. Some of the Sun's light bounces off the rings' opposite side and
can be seen illuminating Saturn's night side southern hemisphere.
Such a view is only possible from the Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft.
This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 33
degrees above the ringplane. Shadows of the innermost rings are cast upon
the planet at upper left. The edge of Saturn's shadow cuts a straight line
across the rings near upper right.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft
wide-angle camera on March 30, 2007 at a distance of approximately 1.9
million kilometers (1.2 million miles) from Saturn. Image scale is 117
kilometers (73 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Cassini looks down toward Janus, which hugs the outer edges of Saturn's
rings. Janus (181 kilometers, or 113 miles across) orbits Saturn about
11,250 kilometers (6,990 miles) beyond the narrow core of the F ring.
This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 6
degrees above the ringplane.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft
narrow-angle camera on Nov. 26, 2007. The view was acquired at a distance
of approximately 2.2 million kilometers (1.4 million miles) from Janus and
at a Sun-Janus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 31 degrees. Image scale is
13 kilometers (8 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
A sliver of "ringshine" pierces the darkness of Saturn's night side.
This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 58
degrees above the ringplane.
The ring shadows fall into darkness beyond the terminator in the north.
South of the equator, a dim glow brightens the darkened globe. This light,
called ringshine, comes from sunlight reflected off the sunward side of
the expansive rings (the opposite face of the ringplane from this
perspective). The effect is pronounced in the eclipse view PIA08329.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft
wide-angle camera on April 19, 2008. The view was obtained at a distance
of approximately 851,000 kilometers (529,000 miles) from Saturn. Image
scale is 48 kilometers (30 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
As they wheel about the planet, Saturn's sunlit rings often exhibit dark,
radial markings called spokes.
Spokes are seen only in the broad B ring, and can also appear bright in
certain viewing geometries (see PIA08302).
This view looks toward the sunlit side of the rings from about 11 degrees
below the ringplane.
Pandora (81 kilometers, or 50 miles across) is a speck above the rings at
left. The planet's shadow darkens the ringplane at lower right.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft
wide-angle camera on June 3, 2008. The view was acquired at a distance of
approximately 1 million kilometers (636,000 miles) from Saturn and at a
Sun-Saturn-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 19 degrees. Image scale is 61
kilometers (38 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
This strikingly crisp view shows Atlas heading into Saturn's shadow at
upper left. The moon's basic, elongated shape is easy to detect here.
(See PIA08233 for a different perspective on Atlas.)
Above Atlas (32 kilometers, or 20 miles across) in the image, a bright
clump in the F ring also heads toward the darkness.
This view looks toward the unlit side of the rings from about 30 degrees
above the ringplane.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft
narrow-angle camera on Jan. 19, 2007 at a distance of approximately 1.2
million kilometers (700,000 miles) from Atlas. Image scale is 7 kilometers
(4 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Two small portions of Saturn's F ring shine brilliantly in scattered
sunlight as Rhea floats in the distance beyond.
Rhea is 1,528 kilometers (949 miles) across.
This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from less than
a degree above the ringplane.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft
wide-angle camera on July 20, 2007. The view was obtained at a distance of
approximately 915,000 kilometers (569,000 miles) from Rhea and at a
Sun-Saturn-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 151 degrees. Image scale is 5
kilometers (3 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space
Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's
Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard
cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations
center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
The Cassini imaging team homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Animation Ice Moon Rendezvous
Zooming in closer and closer, this movie chronicles Cassini's targeted
flyby of Dione, with Saturn and its lovely rings forming a dramatic
backdrop.
The movie begins with Cassini during its approach about 107,000 kilometers
(66,000 miles) from the icy moon. Few surface details are discernable from
this distance, but the view quickly improves. The movie jumps to a point
39,000 kilometers (24,000 miles) from Dione, with Saturn's atmosphere now
in the background and draped by threadlike ring shadows.
As the spacecraft gets still closer, the camera focuses on bright
fractures in the west. It becomes apparent that these braided canyons
slice through older craters. At the closest point in this approach
sequence, Cassini is about 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) above Dione's
surface and the image scale is 234 meters (768 feet) per pixel. For a
narrow-angle camera image taken at almost the same instant see PIA07748.
A dramatic shift in perspective follows, with Cassini moving past the
point of closest approach and staring at a large crater on Dione's
receding limb. Steep cliffs gleam in the sunlight as the intrepid craft
pulls away. About three and a half hours have elapsed since the first
image in the movie was taken.
This movie was created from clear-filter images taken during the Oct. 11,
2005, flyby of Dione. All images except the departing view were obtained
with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team homepage is at
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Undulations mark both sides of the path of Saturn's moon Daphnis through
the A ring.
Daphnis may be small at only 8 kilometers (5 miles) across, but the moon's
gravity is great enough, and the Keeler gap in which it resides is narrow
enough, so that the perturbed particles create the wavelike patterns seen
here.
This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 47
degrees above the ringplane. The image was taken in visible light with the
Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Feb. 21, 2009. The view was
acquired at a distance of approximately 1.1 million kilometers (684,000
miles) from Daphnis and at a Sun-Daphnis-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 50
degrees. Image scale is 7 kilometers (4 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at ciclops.org.credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn's C ring emerges from behind the planet's hazy limb.
This view looks toward the sunlit side of the rings from about 15 degrees
below the ringplane.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft
narrow-angle camera on June 17, 2008. The view was obtained at a distance
of approximately 937,000 kilometers (582,000 miles) from Saturn. Image
scale is 5 kilometers (3 miles) per pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute