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Space Topics: SaturnData from Cassini's September 26, 2005 Flyby of HyperionThis page covers all of the data from this flyby that has been released to the public so far. As new data is released, it will be added to this page. It was last updated on October 1, 2005. About the Flyby - Imaging Plan - Science Plan - Data About the FlybyDate: September 26, 2005 02:25:51 UT (Rev 15) Imaging PlanNo imaging plan has been released for this flyby. Science PlanFor explanation of the science plan by Cassini mission planner Amanda Hendrix, read "Cassini Zooms in on Tethys and Hyperion." The plan is also outlined in a mission description (PDF) released by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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ISS: NA 5-color/polarization study (9 images total)
Filters: UV3, IR1, IR3, GRNx(P0,P60,P120), CL, CL, CL
September 25, 2005 at about 14:25
Raw images N00040151 to N00040159
Radio science observations of the mass of Hyperion preclude imaging for about 2 hours. All data were successfully acquired. Source
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ISS: 3 @ NA 4-color/polarization study (29 images total)
Filters: CL, UV3x(P0,P60,P120), CL, CL, IR3, GRNx(P0,P60,P120)
September 25, 2005 at about 17:20
Raw images N00040160 to N00040169
September 25, 2005 at about 20:20
Raw images N00040170 to N00040178
September 25, 2005 at about 21:21
Raw images N00040179 to N00040188
Taken while alternating with VIMS spectral observations.
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ISS: NA 4-color/polarization study (9 images total)
Filters: CL, UV3, IR1, IR3, GRNx(P0,P60,P120,CL), CL
September 25, 2005 at about 21:32
Raw images N00040189 to N00040197
Rider to VIMS spectral observations.
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ISS: NA 4-color/polarization study (8 images total)
Filters: UV3x(P0,P60,P120), CL, IR3, GRNx(P0,P60,P120)
September 25, 2005 at about 21:55
Raw images N00040198 to N00040205
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ISS: NA 5-color view (5 images total)
Filters: CL, UV3, GRN, IR1, IR3
September 25, 2005 at about 22:21
Raw images N00040206 to N00040210
Taken as a rider to CIRS focal plane 3 mapping of the disk.
The view employs a broader range of wavelengths than is visible
to the human eye, from ultraviolet to infrared, and is enhanced
to bring out subtle color variations. Source Credit:
NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute |
ISS: 2 @ NA 7-color/polarization study (19 images total)
Filters: UV3, CL, IR1, IR3, BL2, RED, GRNx(CL,P0,P60,P120)
(2nd set has UV3 moved to end of sequence and is missing GRNxP120)
September 25, 2005 at about 23:21
Raw images N00040232 to N00040249 and N00040431
Filter choices would permit a true color view. The view that has been
released is a false color one, employing the IR3-GRN-UV3 color combination
that helps to bring out the color variations on the surfaces of the icy
satellites.
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ISS: NA clear context (14 images total)
September 25, 2005 at about 22:21
Raw images N00040250 to N00040263
Taken as riders to UVIS mapping of the disk.
Amateur image processor Mattias Malmer assembled a color mosaic
of the images captured at 00:40. Like the color view above, it
employs a broader range of wavelengths than is visible to the human
eye, from ultraviolet to infrared, and is enhanced to bring out
subtle color variations. Credit: © 2005 Mattias Malmer; raw
data courtesy of NASA/JPL |
ISS: NA 5-frame, 5-color/polarization study mosaic plus
1 WA clear context (41 images total)
Filters: CL, UV3, IR1, IR3, GRNx(P0,P60,P120)
September 26, 2005 at about 00:40
Raw images N00040264 to N00040298 and W0001680
Big, nearly full-disk color mosaic.
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ISS: NA clear context (23 images total)
Filters: CL, UV3, GRN, IR1, IR3
September 26, 2005 at about 01:10
Raw images N00040299 to N00040321
Taken as a rider to CIRS focal plane 1 mapping of the disk.
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ISS: NA 14-frame, 4-color mosaic (56 images total)
Filters: UV3, GRN, IR3, CL
September 26, 2005 at about 01:30
Raw images N00040322 to N00040377
Huge color mosaic. Clear filter images were returned at 1024x1024.
Color frames were returned at 512x512. A five-image mosaic of clear-filter
images has been released.
Hyperion's strange surface only gets weirder on close view. The pixel scale
in this view is 26 meters per pixel, revealing tiny details. Many of the visible
features are mysterious -- the sharp, gullied crater walls, the fact that some
craters are filled with landslide deposits while others are filled with smooth,
dark material -- and the funnel shape of the craters. Source
Credit: NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute
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ISS: NA closest approach 4-color/polarization study + 1 WA clear context
Filters: CL, UV3x(P0,P60,P120), GRNx(P0,P60,P120), IR3
September 26, 2005 at about 02:10
Raw images N00040378 to N00040385 and W00010681
Because these were taken near closest approach, there is significant motion of the camera field of view from one exposure to the next, and the range also changes rapidly. Motion blur is evident, especially in the UV images. The clear images were returned ato 1024x1024, color at 512x512.
ISS: NA closest approach + WA context (21 images total)
September 26, 2005 at about 02:55
Raw images
Raw images N00040386 to N00040405 and W00010682
Nearly all of these appear to look either at black space or Hyperion's nightside.
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ISS: NA clear scan + 1 WA context (17 images total)
September 25, 2005 at about 03:18
Raw images N00040406 to N00040422 and N00040432 and W00010683
Taken as riders to UVIS mapping of the disk. One processed version has
been released. A large mosaic would be possible.
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Hyperion in crescent view Hyperion's battered, lumpy limb was seen in crescent view as Cassini retreated from its September 26, 2005 encounter. The spacecraft was about 32,000 kilometers from Hyperion when this image is taken. The view spans about 200 kilometers top to bottom. Source Credit: NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute |
Radio science observations of the mass of Hyperion, and RADAR scatterometry of the nightside, preclude imaging for about 5 hours.
Unfortunately, the radio science mass determination data were lost due to a hardware failure at Madrid. Source
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ISS: NA 4-color/polarization study (8 images total)
Filters: UV3x(P0,P60,P120), CL, IR3, GRNx(P0,P60,P120)
September 26, 2005 at about 08:57
Raw images N00040423 to N00040430
Rider to VIMS spectral observations.
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