Map of Titan's surface features

Eso_eso0412a_1024

eso_eso0412a April 14th, 2004

Credit: ESO

Map of Titan's surface features. It was obtained through a "transparent", narrow spectral window with the 8.2-m VLT YEPUN telescope and the NACO adaptive optics instrument operated in the Simultaneous Differential Imager (SDI) mode. It covers about three-quarters of the full surface and has an image resolution (sharpness) of 0.06 arcsec, corresponding to 360 km on the surface. One degree of longitude on the equator corresponds to 45 km on Titan's surface. The brightness is proportional to the surface reflectivity. The nature of the various regions is still unknown although it is speculated that the darkest areas may indicate the extent of reservoirs of liquid hydrocarbons.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0412a/

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 > Feature > Surface

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (NACO) Infrared (Near-IR) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
Eso_eso0412a_1280
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ID
eso0412a
Subject Category
A.1.4.1.1  
Subject Name
Titan
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2004-04-14T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0412a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
1575
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1920.0, 805.0
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
eso0412a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0412a.tif
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Metadata Date
2016-07-18T16:02:34+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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