Quadruple Saturn moon transit snapped by Hubble

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esahubble_heic0904a March 17th, 2009

Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

On 24 February 2009, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a photo sequence of four moons of Saturn passing in front of their parent planet. The moons, from far left to right, are the white icy moons Enceladus and Dione, the large orange moon Titan, and icy Mimas. Due to the angle of the Sun, they are each preceded by their own shadow.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0904a/

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
Dione Enceladus Mimas Saturn Titan
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Type > Gas Giant
Planet > Satellite

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 675.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 439.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
heic0904a
Subject Category
A.1.1.2   A.1.4  
Subject Name
Dione, Enceladus, Mimas, Saturn, Titan
Credits
NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2009-03-17T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0904a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
675, 555, 439
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2860.0, 1957.0
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
heic0904a
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:40:32.009561
Metadata Version
1.1
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