Hubble Catches Titan Chasing Its Shadow - Frame 5

Esahubble_opo0713m_1024

esahubble_opo0713m March 20th, 2007

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

This movie still shows Titan chasing its shadow 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 Earth, an event that occurs once every 15 years.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0713m/

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
Orange Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) -
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) -
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) -
Esahubble_opo0713m_1280
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ID
opo0713m
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/opo0713m/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Orange, 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
opo0713m
Metadata Date
2007-03-07T17:31:10-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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