Titan observed through nine different filters on November 26, 2002

Eso_eso0408b_1024

eso_eso0408b April 1st, 2004

Credit: ESO

Images of Titan taken on November 26, 2002 through nine different filters to probe different altitudes, ranging from the stratosphere to the surface. On this night, a stable "seeing" (image quality before adaptive optics correction) of 0.9 arcsec allowed the astronomers to attain the diffraction limit of the telescope (0.032 arcsec resolution). Due to these good observing conditions, Titan's trailing hemisphere was observed with contrasts of about 40%, allowing the detection of several bright features on this surface region, once thought to be quite dark and featureless.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0408b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Titan
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Satellite

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (NACO) Infrared (Near-IR) -
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ID
eso0408b
Subject Category
A.1.4  
Subject Name
Titan
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2004-04-01T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0408b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2294.0, 2216.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0408b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0408b.tif
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Metadata Date
2016-07-18T15:51:59+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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