Cassini gets Extraordiary backlit view of Saturn!

[Blue Fire]

Wow, folks, ya gotta check this out: A backlit view of Saturn from Cassini Very impressive,... inspirational too.

NASA Finds Saturn's Moons May Be Creating New Rings
October 11, 2006
(Source: NASA/JPL)

Cassini scientists are on the trail of the missing moons of Saturn. A recent observation by the spacecraft leads them to believe that they will find the moons near newly discovered rings around the planet.

During an unprecedented opportunity, with the sun poised behind Saturn, Cassini scientists discovered two new rings and confirmed the presence of two others. The new rings are associated with one or more small moons and share their orbits with the moons, while scientists suspect a moon is lurking near a third ring.

Clicking on the links and pictures gets you higher res pics, labled pics, and color enhanced pics. You've never seen Saturn like this, and no wonder, even Hubble can't do this since Cassini is behind Saturn looking back at us and the Sun. New rings, new moons,... Cassini rocks!

[dmill1220]

That is extremely Cool!
Feels like Im on a Spaceship looking out one of the windows!
I do Love the Planets!
Jupiter and Saturn are really the only ones I ever look at, and I never get tired of them.
my 12 inch dob shows a lot of detail on either one, but not like that!
Pretty soon Saturn will make a re-appearence in our skies, even though the rings will have closed a little compared to last years, I still love checking it out thru my filters.I usually obsserve Them around 200x or higher if the seeing permits.
Dennis

[Diana]

Originally Posted by Blue Fire

Wow, folks, ya gotta check this out: A backlit view of Saturn from Cassini Very impressive,... inspirational too.

Clicking on the links and pictures gets you higher res pics, labled pics, and color enhanced pics. You've never seen Saturn like this, and no wonder, even Hubble can't do this since Cassini is behind Saturn looking back at us and the Sun. New rings, new moons,... Cassini rocks!

Very impressive...indeed...!


Saturn has always been one of my favorites. Titan, (Saturns Moon), is also one of my favorites....



Diana

Stunning!!!

[ozzmoziz]

Originally Posted by dmill1220

That is extremely Cool!
Feels like Im on a Spaceship looking out one of the windows!
I do Love the Planets!
Jupiter and Saturn are really the only ones I ever look at, and I never get tired of them.
my 12 inch dob shows a lot of detail on either one, but not like that!
Pretty soon Saturn will make a re-appearence in our skies, even though the rings will have closed a little compared to last years, I still love checking it out thru my filters.I usually obsserve Them around 200x or higher if the seeing permits.
Dennis

yep same here i love looking at jupiter and saturn, and with my 200 mm scope i also bring it up to 200x and if am lucky 240x . last year i did t have my web cam, so i did t take any pics , but this year am gona be taking lots hehe....