The Planetary Society presents links to data and metadata for
Cassini's rev 49 close encounter with Iapetus

Images are from JPL's Cassini raw images page and are courtesy of NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute. Links to metadata go to the website of the Freie Universität Berlin.

ISS_049SA_SATSYSFIA001_PRIME

Map - Description
Goal: Coverage of whole Saturn system from approx. distance and epoch of Iapetus targeted flyby (for PR purposes)

Saturn system 1x5 wide-angle mosaic					WA context for VIMS
RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	CL - CL - CL - CL

Narrow-angle portraits of 7 moons
Hyperion	Titan	Tethys	Mimas	Rhea	Enceladus	Dione
RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1 - UV3 - CB3	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1

30-frame Narrow-angle mosaic on rings
RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1
RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1
RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1	RED - GRN - BL1

ISS_049IA_M33HRS001_PRIME

Map - Description
Resolution: 1.7 km/pixel - Range: 281158 km - Phase: 146 deg
Goals: - Coverage of whole Saturn system from approx. distance and epoch of Iapetus targeted flyby (for PR purposes); part 2, Iapetus imaging (sunlight and saturnshine)
Iapetus crescent 1x1 mosaic

CL - CL - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - BL1 - RED

ISS_049IA_GLOBMAPG001_PRIME

Map - Description
Resolution: 1.3 km/pixel - Range: 222233 km - Phase: 146 deg
Goals: - Global mapping - Limb topography
Crescent 1x2

PGRN - PGRN - PGRN - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - Cl

PGRN - PGRN - PGRN - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL

ISS_049IA_LIMBTOPOG001_PRIME

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.8 km/pixel - Range: 135146 km - Phase: 146 deg
Goals: - Limb topography - Bright polar areas in 'saturnshine'
Crescent 1x2 + saturnshine south pole

CL - UV3 - GRN - IR1

CL - UV3 - GRN - IR1

CL

ISS_049IA_SATUSHINE001_PRIME

Map - Map - Map - Description
Resolution: 0.49-0.45 /pixel - Range: 83134-73855 km - Phase: 145 deg
Goals: - Highest-resolution complete crescent of flyby - High-res. mapping of bright north and south polar latitudes in Saturn shine - Ridge NAC stereo partner for WAC 049IA_CASSREG request - Landslide crater saturnshine imaging attempt

4-frame mosaic of illuminated crescent
UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL

High southern latitude 1x3			High northern latitude 1x3
CL - CL - CL	CL - CL - CL	CL - CL- CL	CL - CL - CL	CL - CL - CL	CL - CL- CL

Ridge stereo partner for WAC 049IA_CASSREG request		Landslide crater saturnshine imaging attempt
UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	WAC CL - WAC CL	CL - CL - CL - CL - CL - CL - CL - CL - CL - CL

ISS_049IA_FP1NITMAP001_CIRS

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.235 km/pixel - Range: 45085-26129 km - Phase: 144-142 deg
Goals: Low southern latitudes high-res. imaging

NAC CL

WAC CL

ISS_049IA_CASSREG001_PRIME

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.085 km/pixel - Range: 14245 km - Phase: 138 deg
Goals: - Very high-res imaging of ridge around 130°W - Limb topography with WAC - Stereo with NAC from LIMBTOPOG request

WAC CL

CL

ISS_049IA_ICYMAP003_UVIS

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.080 km/pixel - Range: 13092 km - Phase: 137 deg
High-res. imaging of northern transtition zone (~35°...45°N)

1x3 mosaic
CL	CL	CL

ISS_049IA_ICYEXO009_UVIS

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.450 km/pixel - Range: 7567 km - Phase: 131 deg
Goals: - Imaging of southern edge of crescent - Mid-resol. WAC stereo to SATUSHINE south-polar NAC panel - Imaging of Nunki

WAC CL

ISS_049IA_ORSHIRES001_VIMS

Trigger 2901

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.030 km/pixel - Range: 6000-3375 km - Phase: 127-113 deg
Goals: - High-res. high-phase imaging of dark ridge - WAC stereo partner for NAC frame in 049IA_SATUSHINE request

2x3 mosaic of ridge (including WAC context)
CL - UV3 - GRN - IR1	CL - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - WAC CL	CL - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - WAC CL	CL - UV3 - GRN - IR1	CL - UV3 - GRN - IR1	CL - UV3 - GRN - IR1
WAC CL	WAC CL	WAC CL	WAC CL	WAC CL	WAC CL

Trigger 2902

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.020 km/pixel - Range: 3067-2037 km - Phase: 110-90 deg
Goals: - High-res. high-phase imaging of bright mountains - Scenic views of mountains rising on horizon

1x2 mosaic, but significant motion as shutter snaps.
CL - CL - CL - CL - CL	CL - CL - CL - CL - CL
WAC CL - CL - CL - CL - GRN - VIO - CL	WAC CL - CL - CL - CL - GRN - VIO - CL

Trigger 2903

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.010 km/pixel - Range: 1850-1615-2028 km - Phase: 83-29 deg
Goals: - Ultra-high-res. imaging of ridge and dark terrain - Multiple phase angles imaging

8 frames, BOTSIMS (NAC and WAC simultaneously)
CL	CL	CL	CL	CL	CL	CL	CL
WAC CL	WAC CL	WAC CL	WAC CL	WAC CL	WAC CL	WAC CL	WAC CL

Trigger 2904

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.020 km/pixel - Range: 2318-3307 km - Phase: 22-13 deg
Goals: - CIRS dark terrain scan - High-res. imaging of "average" dark terrain

WAC CL

CL - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - IR3 - BL1 - RED - IR2 - IR4 - PGRN - PGRN - PGRN

Trigger 2905

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.060 km/pixel - Range: 3773-4701 km - Phase: 13-14 deg
Goals: - Secondary axis turn to avoid sun radiator violation - High-res. (NAC and WAC) mid-latitude transition zone imaging

1x8 mosaic
CL	CL	CL	CL	CL	CL	CL	CL	CL
WAC CL	WAC CL							WAC CL

1x2 mosaic
WAC CL	CL	CL

Trigger 2906

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.035 km/pixel - Range: 5321-5877 km - Phase: 16-17 deg
Goals: - CIRS bright terrain scan - High-res. imaging of "average" bright terrain

BOTSIM + NAC clr

Trigger 2907

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.050 km/pixel - Range: 6247-9387 km - Phase: 18-23 deg
Goals: - High-res. mapping of bright mountains

1x6 mosaic NAC N03 2sum + clr. WAC at 2d and 3d footprint VIO, GRN, IR1, CL

1x6 mosaic (including WAC context)
UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL
	WAC VIO - GRN - IR1 - CL

Trigger 2908

Map - Description
Resolution: km/pixel - Range: 9705-12980 km - Phase: 23-26 deg
Goals: - Bright terrain surface multi-color sample - VIMS long duration sit'n'stare

CL - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - IR3 - BL1 - RED - IR2 - IR4 - PGRN - PGRN - PGRN

CL

Trigger 2909

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.080-0.130 km/pixel - Range: 13712-21710 km - Phase: 26-29 deg
Goals: - Color mapping of equatorial transition zone - WAC stereo partner for RegColTrl NAC ftprt

Note: the images have been rearranged below to approximate how they are assembled into a mosaic. Cassini took them by beginning in the upper left corner, then going down 3 frames, then over 1, then up

UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL			WAC VIO - GRN - IR1 - CL
UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL
UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL
UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL

Trigger 2910 & 2911

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.140 km/pixel - Range: 22159 km - Phase: 29-30 deg
Goals: - Mapping of equatorial bright terrain near the terminator (~280°-300°W); Goals: - Morphology of "Moat" crater at "best ever" resolution - Half Iapetus sphere (WAC) stereo with VIMS Iapetus010 (the global color) request

1x5 mosaic
UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL

1x2 NAC plus WAC
CL - CL	CL - CL	WAC CL

ISS_049IA_FP1DAYMAP001_CIRS

Map - Description
Resolution: 0.240 km/pixel - Range: 24729-41575 km - Phase: 30-32 deg
Goals: - NAC high-res. samples of mid- to high-latitude southern terrain - Connect mosaics of triggers 2905 and 2909 - Stereo to 2905 and RegMapTrl

CL

CL

CL

ISS_049IA_IAPETUS013_VIMS

Map - Map - Description
Resolution: 0.250 km/pixel - Range: 41575-47758 km - Phase: 32 deg
Goals: - High-res. observation of big basin at 40°S/250°W - Multi-color high-res. of equat. transition terrain sample - Stereo with WACs from VIMS_ORSHIRES request

First footprint: NAC 3color 2sum + clear; second footprint: NAC CL + 9 + Pol06

UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL

UV3 - GRN - IR1 - IR3 - UV2 - BL1 - RED - IR2 - IR4 - PGRN - PGRN - PGRN - PUV3 - PUV3 - PUV3

ISS_049IA_REGMAPTRL001_PRIME

Map - Map - Map - Description
Resolution: 0.440-0.500 km/pixel - Range: 70344-87169 km - Phase: 33 deg
Goals: - Regional mapping of whole visible hemisphere (mainly trailing) and in saturnshine - Regional multi-color of different latitudes (from south pole to high northern latitudes)

2x2 mosaic around center of disk followed by 2+3+3+3 spiral; many more colors in first footprint than others, which are 4-color; 2-4 ftprt include WAC VIO, GRN, IR1 ; last footprint has 2 extra Saturnshine cl

Then Saturnshine 2-panel mosaic, 3 NACs (one of these may be last of above)

Then multicolor 1x4 + 1 mosaic S-N, 10-color, plus polarizers (9 in some footprints, 6 in others), plus WAC CL context

2x2 at center of disk plus 2+3+3+3 spiral around disk plus WAC context
WAC VIO, GRN, IR1	RED - BL1 - UV2 - UV2/UV3 - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL - IR3	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL
	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL
	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL	UV3 - GRN - IR1 - CL - CL - WAC CL

1x2 Saturnshine
CL - CL - CL	CL - CL - CL

1 x 4 + 1 mosaic
WAC CL	UV2 - UV2/UV3 - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - IR3 - BL1 - RED - IR2 - IR4 - PGRN - PGRN - PGRN - PUV3 - PUV3 - PUV3 - PMT2 - PMT2 - PMT2	UV2 - UV2/UV3 - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - IR3 - BL1 - RED - IR2 - IR4 - PGRN - PGRN - PGRN - PUV3 - PUV3 - PUV3	UV2 - UV2/UV3 - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - IR3 - BL1 - RED - IR2 - IR4 - PGRN - PGRN - PGRN - PUV3 - PUV3 - PUV3	UV2 - UV2/UV3 - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - IR3 - BL1 - RED - IR2 - IR4 - PGRN - PGRN - PGRN - PUV3 - PUV3 - PUV3	UV2 - UV2/UV3 - UV3 - GRN - IR1 - IR3 - BL1 - RED - IR2 - IR4 - PGRN - PGRN - PGRN - PUV3 - PUV3 - PUV3

ISS_049IA_REGCOLTRL001_PRIME

Map - Map - Description
Resolution: 0.610 km/pixel - Range: 101229 km - Phase: 33 deg
Goals: - 2nd 'saturnshine' imaging attempt of 'moat' crater - Regional multi-color observation of equat. transition zone

Saturnshine 1x1 CL; 1x2mosaic with 1st ftprt (equat.): N24 + NP09 + WP04 - 2nd ftprt (south. lats): N16 + NP09 (ends with Ir2/Ir3 = final pic.)