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November 5th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
The animated gif of Prometheus and the F-ring is freakin’ awesome. That’s one I’d give anything to see more of than the few precious seconds available. That dust stream is a show-stopper, isn’t it?
November 5th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Beauty. That there is beauty.
November 6th, 2007 at 8:34 am
WOW! That was really sweet. It said it’s 12 fps, but what is the elapsed time between frames? What is the real orbit time of the moons?
November 6th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Dan, look here: http://ciclops.org/view.php?id=1361
November 6th, 2007 at 8:49 am
I don’t know the elapsed time between frames, but based on previous experience and Cassini’s ability to take frames in succession, I’d say it’s something between 30 seconds and (more likely) 1 minute.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:07 am
I wubs Saturn. It’s always struck me as fascinating, ever since I saw it through a big observatory telescope (I forget which one) when I was eight.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Wish I could see it too. When I click on the link, it starts QuickTime, then says “stopped” immediately. Maybe one of my more recent updates “fixed” it for me.