Sunset on Saturn's Rings

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esahubble_opo9618a April 26th, 1996

Credit: Phil Nicholson (Cornell University), Steve Larson (University of Arizona) and NASA/ESA

This is a rare view of Saturn's rings seen just after the Sun has set below the ring plane, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope on Nov. 21, 1995. This perspective is unusual because the Earth is slightly above (2.7 degrees latitude) Saturn's rings and the Sun is below them. Normally we see the rings fully illuminated by the Sun.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9618a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Saturn
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Type > Gas Giant
Planet > Ring

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange Hubble (WFPC2) Optical -
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ID
opo9618a
Subject Category
A.1.1.2   A.1.5  
Subject Name
Saturn
Credits
Phil Nicholson (Cornell University), Steve Larson (University of Arizona) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1996-04-26T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9618a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Orange
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9618a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:46:15+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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