Surface Features Cover Saturn's Moon, Titan

Stsci_1994-55a_1024

stsci_1994-55a November 8th, 1994

Credit: University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

Four global projections of the HST Titan data, separated in longitude by 90 degrees. Upper left: hemisphere facing Saturn. Upper right: leading hemisphere (brightest region). Lower left: the hemisphere which never faces Saturn. Lower right: trailing hemisphere that these assignments assume that the rotation is synchronous. The imaging team says its data strongly support this assumption - a longer time baseline is needed for proof. The surface near the poles is never visible to an observer in Titan's equatorial plane because of the large optical path.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1994/news-1994-55

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Planetary
Object Name
Titan
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Satellite > Feature > Surface

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 1h 30m 27.7s
DEC = -10° 52’ 52.2”
Constellation
Cetus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (Near-IR) 900.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Stsci_1994-55a_1280
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ID
1994-55a
Subject Category
A.1.4.1.1  
Subject Name
Titan
Credits
University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Release Date
1994-11-08T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1994/news-1994-55
Type
Planetary
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
900
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value
22.6153761, -10.8811667
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
Position
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://hubblesite.org
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
Address
3700 San Martin Drive
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
USA
Rights
http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-H-p9455a-f-656x656.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9455a-f-656x656.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1994/55
Metadata Date
2022-09-07
Metadata Version
1.2
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