Cassini-Huygens sends first raw images after Saturn arrival


 
1 July 2004
 
After becoming the first spacecraft to enter Saturn's orbit, NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens sent back these images of the planet's rings.
 
After becoming the first spacecraft to enter Saturn's orbit, Cassini-Huygens sent back this image of a portion of the planet's rings. It shows the sunlit side of the rings.
 
 
  
 
 
 
After becoming the first spacecraft to enter Saturn's orbit, Cassini-Huygens sent back this image of a portion of the planet's rings. It shows the sunlit side of the rings.
 
 
 
After becoming the first spacecraft to enter Saturn's orbit, Cassini-Huygens sent back this image of a portion of the planet's rings. It shows the sunlit side of the rings.
 
 
 
After becoming the first spacecraft to enter Saturn's orbit, Cassini-Huygens sent back these images of a portion of the planet's rings. It was taken by the spacecraft's narrow-angle camera and shows the dark, or unlit, side of the rings.

The camera was pointing towards Saturn's rings from a distance of approximately 24 884 kilometres. These images were taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.
  
 
Saturn's rings - 1 July 2004
 
Saturn's rings - 1 July 2004
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
After becoming the first spacecraft to enter Saturn's orbit, Cassini-Huygens sent back this first image of a portion of the planet's rings. It was taken by the spacecraft's narrow-angle camera and shows the dark, or unlit, side of the rings.

Credits: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
  
 •  At Saturn and Titan (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/index.html)

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 •  More on Titan (http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=35129)
 •  More on getting there (http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=31240)
 •  More on arrival (http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34955)
 •  More on Huygens descent (http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34956)
 •  More on Cassini's tour (http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34962)

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 •  Christiaan Huygens: Discoverer of Titan (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMJRT57ESD_index_0.html)
 •  Jean-Dominique Cassini: Astrology to astronomy (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMJ2T57ESD_index_0.html)

Related links

 •  NASA JPL Cassini-Huygens site (http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm)
 •  Italian Space Agency (ASI) (http://www.asi.it)