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APOD: Seeing Titan (2023 Mar 31)
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:11 am
by APOD Robot
Seeing Titan
Explanation: Shrouded in a thick atmosphere,
Saturn's largest moon Titan really is hard to see. Small particles suspended in the upper atmosphere cause an almost impenetrable haze, strongly scattering light at visible wavelengths and hiding Titan's surface features from prying eyes. But Titan's
surface is better imaged at infrared wavelengths where scattering is weaker and atmospheric absorption is reduced. Arrayed around this visible light image (center) of Titan are some of the clearest global infrared views of the
tantalizing moon so far. In false color,
the six panels present a consistent processing of 13 years of infrared image data from the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) on board
the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn from 2004 to 2017. They offer a stunning comparison with Cassini's visible light view.
NASA's revolutionary rotorcraft mission to Titan is due to launch in 2027.
Re: APOD: Seeing Titan (2023 Mar 31)
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:16 am
by Joe Stieber
This is the second day in a row that the "Discuss" link has been absent from the link strip below the text on the main APOD page.
Joe
Re: APOD: Seeing Titan (2023 Mar 31)
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:38 am
by bystander
Joe Stieber wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:16 am
This is the second day in a row that the "Discuss" link has been absent from the link strip below the text on the main APOD page.
The "Discuss" link is always of the form:
discuss_apod.php?date=YYMMDD
For example, today's link is:
discuss_apod.php?date=230331
Re: APOD: Seeing Titan (2023 Mar 31)
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:30 pm
by Fred the Cat
I think what Joe is saying is that the "Discuss" tab is on
this APOD but absent from the last two days.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230330.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230331.html
I also was curiuos why
![Question :?:](./images/smilies/icon_question.gif)
Re: APOD: Seeing Titan (2023 Mar 31)
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:04 pm
by RJN
Joe Stieber wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:16 am
This is the second day in a row that the "Discuss" link has been absent from the link strip below the text on the main APOD page.
Joe
Sorry. HTML coding typo that propogates. I fixed it this time and hope it says for future APODs. - RJN
Re: APOD: Seeing Titan (2023 Mar 31)
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 7:10 pm
by C0ppert0p
I can only imagine, what an opportunity it must be, for any engineer to be involved with this project.
Imagine being on the team that developes DragonFly. How exciting!
Re: APOD: Seeing Titan (2023 Mar 31)
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:16 pm
by orin stepanek
Fantistic is todays APOD; I can hardly wait to see what Dragonfly finds out there!
![Cool 8-)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
The continents showing on today's APOD make me want to see more!
![Laughing :lol2:](./images/smilies/asterisk_laugh.gif)