Saturn's Moons - Frame 3

Esahubble_opo0713d_1024

esahubble_opo0713d March 20th, 2007

Credit: NASA/ESA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)

This movie still captures the moons Mimas, Enceladus, and Dione as they begin their race across Saturn's disk. The still is from a movie created from images taken by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. It reveals the planet's rings tilted nearly edge-on toward the Sun, an event that occurs once every 15 years. Because of this special alignment, the moons cast shadows on the planet and its rings. Dione is on the left, Mimas is in the middle, and Enceladus is on the right. Dione is casting a long shadow on the rings.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0713d/

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

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) -
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) -
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) -
Esahubble_opo0713d_1280
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ID
opo0713d
Subject Category
A.1.1.2  
Subject Name
Saturn
Credits
NASA/ESA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)
Release Date
2007-03-20T18:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0713d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
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
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
opo0713d
Metadata Date
2007-03-07T17:17:42-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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