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Titan_and_Dione-PIA14912.jpgTitan and Dione (Natural Colors; credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)138 visiteCaption NASA:"Saturn's largest moon, Titan, appears deceptively small paired here with Dione, Saturn's third-largest moon, in this view from NASA's Cassini Spacecraft. Titan (which is approx. 3200 miles or about 5150 Km across) is much farther from the Spacecraft than Dione (that, on its side, is approx. 698 miles or about 1123 KM across) is in this view. The view was captured at a distance of approx. 684.000 miles (such as about 1,1 MKM) from Titan but only about 85.000 miles (such as approx. 136.000 Km) from Dione.
Titan appears in its True Colors, but it has been brightened by a factor of about 1,6 relative to Dione. This view looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Titan and the area between the Saturn-facing side and Leading Hemisphere of Dione. North is up on both moons.
Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this Natural Color view. The images were obtained with the Cassini Spacecraft wide-angle camera on Nov. 6, 2011. Scale in the original image was roughly 5 miles (such as approx. 8 Km) per pixel on Dione and roughly 41 miles (about 66 Km) per pixel on Titan. The image has been magnified by a factor of 1,5 and contrast-enhanced to aid visibility".MareKromium
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Titan_and_Enceladus-PIA08235.jpgTitan and Enceladus54 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Saturn's Rings cut across an eerie scene that is ruled by Titan's luminous crescent and globe-encircling haze, broken by the small moon Enceladus, whose icy jets are dimly visible at its South Pole. North is up.
The scattered light around planet-sized Titan makes the moon's solid surface visible in silhouette. Enceladus enjoys far clearer skies than its giant sibling moon.
This view shows the unlit side of Saturn's Rings.
The image was taken in visible red light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on June 10, 2006 at a distance of approximately 3,9 MKM (about 2,4 MMs) from Enceladus and 5,3 MKM (3,3 MMs) from Titan. The view was obtained at a Sun-moon-spacecraft, or phase, angle of about 160°, relative to both moons.
Image scale is roughly 23 Km (about 15 miles) per pixel on Enceladus and roughly 32 Km (about 20 miles) on Titan".
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Titan_and_Epimetheus-N00028722.jpgTitan and Epimetheus60 visitenessun commento
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Titan_and_Janus-MF-LXTT.jpgDo dimensions count? (an Image-Mosaic in Natural Colors by Dr Marco Faccin - Lunexit Team)55 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Titan_and_Mimas-EB-LXTT.jpgDo dimensions count? (an Image-Mosaic in Natural Colors by Elisabetta Bonora - Lunexit Team)67 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Titan_and_Rhea-N00062452.jpgObscuring the Sun...54 visiteCaption originale:"N00062452.jpg was taken on June 11, 2006 and received on Earth June 12, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Rhea that, at the time, was approximately 3.619.486 Km away.
The image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters".
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Titan_and_Rhea-N00062458.jpgObscuring the Sun...54 visiteCaption originale:"N00062458.jpg was taken on June 11, 2006 and received on Earth June 12, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Rhea that, at the time, was approximately 3.617.336 Km away.
The image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters".
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Titan_and_Rhea-PIA12599.jpgTitanian Encounters...55 visiteCaption NASA:"The moon Rhea moves behind Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in this Mutual Event imaged by the Cassini Spacecraft.
Mutual Event sequences, in which one moon passes close to or in front of another, help scientists refine their understanding of the orbits of Saturn's moons. Part of Rhea's Southern Hemisphere is also visible here through the haze of Titan's Atmosphere.
Titan has been brightened by a factor of 1.5 relative to Rhea. This view looks toward the anti-Saturn side of Titan and the Trailing Hemisphere of Rhea.
The image was taken in Visible green Light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Nov. 27, 2009. The view was obtained at a distance of approx. 1,2 MKM (about 746.000 miles) from Titan and from about 2,3 MKM (approx. 1,4 MMs) from Rhea.
Image scale in the original image was roughly 14 Km (approx. 9 miles) per pixel on Titan and about 27 Km (approx. 17 miles) per pixel on Rhea. The image has been magnified by a factor of two and contrast-enhanced to aid visibility".MareKromium
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Titan_and_Saturn-PIA06225.jpgSaturn through the haze of Titan56 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Less than 20 minutes after Cassini's close approach to Titan on March 31, 2005, its cameras captured this view of Saturn through Titan's upper atmosphere. The northern part of Saturn's disk can be seen at the upper left; dark horizontal lines are shadows cast upon Saturn by its rings. Below this level, Titan's atmosphere is thick enough to obscure Saturn.
The diffuse bright regions of the image (below Saturn and at the right) are light being scattered by haze in the upper reaches of Titan's atmosphere.
This image is scientifically useful because it shows properties both of how Titan's haze transmits light (from the attenuation of light from Saturn) and of how the haze reflects light (from its brightness next to Saturn).
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera at a distance of 7.980 Km (appx. 4.960 miles) from Titan, when Saturn was about 1,3 MKM (appx. 808.000 miles) away. Image scale is about 320 meters (1,050 feet) per pixel on Titan".
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Titan_and_Saturn-PIA08196.jpgFather and Son54 visiteCaption originale:"Cassini's Eyes - such as its powerful imaging cameras -- bear witness to the majestic and spectacular sights of the Saturn System, as this views attests. Here, the probe gazes upon Titan in the distance beyond Saturn and its dark and graceful Rings.
This view was taken from above the Ring-Plane and looks toward the unlit side of the Rings.
The image was taken using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 938 nnmts.
The image was obtained using the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on May 10, 2006 at a distance of approx. 2,9 MKM (such as about 1,8 MMs) from Saturn and 4,1 MKM (about 2,6 MMs) from Titan.
The image was taken at a phase angle of 149°.
Image scale is about 17 Km (roughly 11 miles) per pixel on Saturn".
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Titan_and_Saturn-PIA08398.jpgIn-Transit...54 visiteThe murky orange disk of Saturn's moon Titan glides past -- a silent, floating sphere transiting Saturn.
Titan's photochemical smog completely obscures the surface in such natural color views. Its high-altitude hazes are visible against the disk of Saturn as they attenuate the light reflected by the Planet.
This view was acquired from less than 1° above Saturn's Ring-Plane.
Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this natural color view. The images were obtained with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Aug. 1, 2007, at a distance of approx. 2,4 MKM (such as about 1,5 MMs) from Titan. Image scale is roughly 15 Km (about 9 miles) per pixel.MareKromium
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Titan_and_Saturn-PIA14909.jpgTitan and Saturn (Natural Colors; credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)94 visiteCaption NASA:"The colorful globe of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, passes in front of the Planet and its Rings in this True Color snapshot from NASA's Cassini Spacecraft.
The North Polar "Hood" can be seen on Titan and appears as a detached layer at its top. This view looks toward the Northern, sunlit side of the Rings from just above the Ring-Plane.
Images taken using red, green and blue spectral filters were combined to create this Natural Color view. The image was obtained with the Cassini Spacecraft narrow-angle camera on May 21, 2011, at a distance of approx. 1,4 MMs (about 2,3 MKM) from Titan. Image scale is roughly 9 miles (apèprox. 14 Km) per pixel on Titan".MareKromium
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