Titan, the enigmatic Moon, and Huygens landing site

Eso_eso0505c_1024

eso_eso0505c February 24th, 2005

Credit: ESO

Comparison between the NACO/SDI image and an image taken by Cassini/ISS while approaching Titan. The Cassini image shows the Huygens landing site map wrapped around Titan, rotated to the same position as the January NACO SDI observations. The yellow "X" marks the landing site of the ESA Huygens probe. The Cassini/ISS image is courtesy of NASA, JPL, Space Science Institute (see http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=36222). The coloured lines delineate the regions that were imaged by Cassini at differing resolutions. The lower-resolution imaging sequences are outlined in blue. Other areas have been specifically targeted for moderate and high resolution mosaicking of surface features. These include the site where the European Space Agency's Huygens probe has touched down in mid-January (marked with the yellow X), part of the bright region named Xanadu (easternmost extent of the area covered), and a boundary between dark and bright regions.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0505c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, 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
Titan
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Satellite

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLT (NACO) Infrared (Near-IR) 1.6 µm
Comparison between the right image by NACO/SDI and left image taken by Cassini/ISS.
Spectrum_base
Pseudocolor
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ID
eso0505c
Subject Category
A.1.4  
Subject Name
Titan
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2005-02-24T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0505c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
C
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2193.0, 1257.0
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
eso0505c
Metadata Date
2016-07-19T09:33:28+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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