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Iapetus is a truly strange and wonderful place, going by the images coming out of Ciclops. It's like a panda moon. http://ciclops.org/view_event.php?id=67 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/lostfisherman/celestitan/IAP3766_8632_1.jpg Why the dark regions should look as sharp as that I haven't th...

But the Odysseus crater (the big one on the left) is much more detailed in the Voyager data (medres/tethys.jpg) ... Out of interest it was only a few days after the new Cassini cylindrical maps were released that better raw images of the Odysseus crater region were available. http://saturn1.jpl.nas...

I'm afraid my knowledge isn't complete, but I'll have a stab. The Voyager mission returned pictures of Mimas that were reddish in colour, along with the other icy Saturnian satellites. Voyager used, I think, combined colour filters of orange, green and the ultra violet. Cassini is using all sorts of...

You all should have seen this, but wow...

http://saturn1.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/ ... ageID=1762

It' a false colour view showing composition, they apparently had to tone down the redness.

This shows the localised dark spot stuff a little more clearly; it's a bit like a bump map in places. http://saturn1.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/raw-images-details.cfm?feiImageID=50175 At the bottom of the above image there are some strange elongated shapes likely the result of collapse, show...

In the new celestia from page 5, this is what i got. :( I got that too with the the 'page 5' version, the galaxy labels were enabled in that one, but not in FT1, as was said in the readme. This was with the new data file left in place. Of course the galaxies weren't drawn, just labeled. It could ne...

Hi, Perhaps you can help us to debug this one: what happens if you use the "latest CVS" celestia.exe file Selden posted (page 5) ? Hello Toti, The same thing happens, I lose vertex/Nvidia combiners; that is, no normal maps, no specular reflections and no atmospheric effects for Earth. Ctrl v behave...

Just to say I gave it what rough test I could last night. The galaxies render well, I can orient well with the mouse like any model, "a" and "s" travel speed keys give good animation, and the cores of galaxies brighten with increased distance (did I read that that was an intention?). It's a very nea...

I saved it from the BBC. Here it is unaltered.

They certainly won't use the commercially available CDs, they degrade beyond use in the normal sunlight through an Earth based window (mine, actually).

Nearly 400,000 people, or hobbit fans or whatever have signed up, including me. Quite the space community.

Wow, it's an odd little thing isn't it? Cosmic fluff.

I hope it doesn't keep it's nickname 'Santa' and 'Santas Little Helper' for it's moon. Everyone should like the Simpsons but that might be pushing things a bit far...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_EL61

Good to see Wiki on the ball with this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_planet It's interesting to read that the classification of planets isn't a new controversy, Ceres was for a short time considered a planet. My own limited thoughts on this are that more of these objects will be discov...

Eerie sounds, quite wonderful in my opinion though.

You will need software to play a *.wav file.

http://saturn1.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/ ... ageID=1613

http://saturn1.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/ ... ageID=1614

Official press releases for Enceladus. Some context for the close up images. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=1618 False colour http://saturn1.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=1617 A cat has been scratching Enceladus! http://saturn1.jpl.n...

The following link provides clear and irrefutable proof that the Universe was created by The Flying Spaghetti Monster. Flying Spaghetti Monsterism is clearly the way forward for all righteous pilgrims, and those who say otherwise should beware of His Noodly Appendage. Arrr, matey! http://www.venganz...

A 'false colour' view.

http://saturn1.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/ ... ageID=1501

Yeah, I've been looking at some of the raw images this afternoon, I didn't expect Enceladus to look so, er, crazy. Thanks to Anders for pointing them out so early, as he says use the raw search facility. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/raw-images-details.cfm?feiImageID=32294 The rig...

I took the opportunity today to tidy up my copy of celestia and install and look at a good few addons properly, two of which are t00fris new coloured Titan and Jestrs Cassini. They are both very good and I've had a pleasant evening with them. It's all the excuse I need to put up some nice screen-sho...

Not entirely off-topic, new Smart 1 pictures.

http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/SMAR ... l#subhead3