Earth & Moon image taken from Saturn

[Colin A]

Absolutely stunning images. Makes you realise how small we really are.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

I think it's worth (mis)quoting Carl Sagan at this point.

Every b-list celebrity, every TV evangelist, every over-paid footballer, every reality show contestant, every politician claiming expenses on their duck-pond, every telephone sanitizer, everyone you've ever known or heard of. This is where we make our stand.

[Pig]

I think it's worth (mis)quoting Carl Sagan at this point.

Don't forget all those that have ever been

[Mattscar]

Damn it, I blinked and ruined the shot. Can we organise another go? Promise I wont move this time

[LukeSkywatcher]

OK which one of you clowns gave me bunny ears in the picture?

[DaveGarland]

Omg that is so embarrassing! How many times do I have to tell her to draw the curtains?

[PlanetGazer]

Nice find! Wonder if there are other images for earth from other positions?

[Pig]

It was ItIt was the only one on the site at the time but I am sure more will follow

[PlanetGazer]

Here's the final version of the Cassini portrait, with a bonus picture from Messenger, taken on the same day.

wait a minuate? why does my mind tell me that the picture on the left looks fake?! has it been edited from orginal?

Nah, not the Earth that is bright,,, it's all those plonkers with their high powered laser pointers :-(

hahahaha

[Pig]

I felt compelled to make my 1800 post in one of my own threads, so here goes :grin:

[faulksy]

your all raving mad, and i dont believe that daves missis forgot to shut the curtains

[Pig]

Emad must live opposite them, he likes windows with the curtains open :grin: I wonder if he will read this :laugh:

[DaveGarland]

Ah ha ha haaa! I just showed the "misses" this and the pic. She said "Oooh, who took that pic?"! She's pleading with me not to post this..... But I have lol!

[emadmoussa]

Emad must live opposite them, he likes windows with the curtains open :grin: I wonder if he will read this :laugh:

Man, put your clothes on. It's stargazing with the naked eye, and you took the meaning literally. But seriously, I flourish on open curtains

[Pig]

Man, put your clothes on. It's stargazing with the naked eye, and you took the meaning literally. But seriously, I flourish on open curtains

Excellent :grin:

[Pig]

Ah ha ha haaa! I just showed the "misses" this and the pic. She said "Oooh, who took that pic?"! She's pleading with me not to post this..... But I have lol!

You just have to love them don't you

[PlanetGazer]

I found another image from Cassini Spacecraft

[PlanetGazer]

Wonder why no other objects are visible in the images?

[JamesF]

Wonder why no other objects are visible in the images?

Well, there are stars, and I reckon there might be a couple of galaxies too.

James

[Mattscar]

I imagine if you took out the glow/glare that saturns rings will no doubt be producing, youd be able to see more. Also I would think its something to do with focus and the sun being behind Saturn.

Theres probably a much cleverer way of wording that

Edit - I was just referring to the image above, havnt seen a bigger version myself yet so what I said could be a load of old rubbish.

[JamesF]

Hmmm. I wonder if the original image would plate-solve? Perhaps I'll install astrometry on my desktop and give it a try.

James

[PlanetGazer]

I imagine if you took out the glow/glare that saturns rings will no doubt be producing, youd be able to see more.

Could be

Also I would think its something to do with focus and the sun being behind Saturn.

If that was the case, earth would be far away from the Sun then Saturn?

[Pig]

There are definitely stars in the background of the first picture I posted quite a few has it happens, so it must be something to do with the effect of light on the close up

[JamesF]

I found the original image from NASA's website and tried to plate solve it, but no success

James

[PlanetGazer]

I found the original image from NASA's website and tried to plate solve it, but no success

James

So what is this plate solving? and what does astrometry do?