NASA’s Cassini deliver Holiday treat from Saturn
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 19, 2012
The satellite conjunctions in which one moon pass in facade of or behind one more. Cassini scientists regularly create these explanations to study the ever-changing orbit of the planet’s moons. But even in these routine images, the Saturnian system shines. A few of Saturn’s stark, airless, icy moons appear to dangle next to the orange [...]
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Enceladus backlit by Saturn
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 10, 2012
This moon is shining by the light of its planet. Specifically, a large portion of Enceladus pictured above is illuminated primarily by sunlight first reflected from the planet Saturn. read more wordlessTech
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NASA’s Cassini Delivers Holiday Treats From Saturn
Posted by brandoniswrite on January 27, 2012
No team of reindeer, but radio signals flying clear across the solar system from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have delivered a holiday package of glorious images. The pictures, from Cassini’s imaging team, show Saturn’s largest, most colorful ornament, Titan, and other icy baubles in orbit around this splendid planet. The release includes images of satellite conjunctions [...]
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Moon and Saturn
Posted by brandoniswrite on October 27, 2011
This photo of the Moon and Saturn is the very first astrophoto captured by Jeff Swick of Canada. “That was taken with an 8″ reflector and an old Sony digital camera that I just held up to the eye piece. I remember I had a filter on the telescope as a filter kit came with [...]
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Cassini Present Saturn Moon Quintet
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 20, 2011
With the artistry of a magazine cover shoot, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this portrait of five of Saturn’s moons poised along the planet’s rings.From left to right are Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Mimas and finally Rhea, bisected by the right side of the frame. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 684,000 miles (1.1 [...]
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Cassini Spacecraft Captures Images and Sounds of Big Saturn Storm
Posted by brandoniswrite on August 3, 2011
PASADENA, Calif. – Scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft now have the first-ever, up-close details of a Saturn storm that is eight times the surface area of Earth. On Dec. 5, 2010, Cassini first detected the storm that has been raging ever since. It appears at approximately 35 degrees north latitude on Saturn. Pictures [...]
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Cassini Sees Saturn Electric Link With Enceladus
Posted by brandoniswrite on December 22, 2010
NASA is releasing the first images and sounds of an electrical connection between Saturn and one of its moons, Enceladus. The data collected by the agency’s Cassini spacecraft enable scientists to improve their understanding of the complex web of interaction between the planet and its numerous moons. The results of the data analysis are published [...]
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