Spectacular Photo of Saturn's Rings Created by Amateur Astronomer

[Buster's Uncle]

Spectacular Photo of Saturn's Rings Created by Amateur Astronomer
SPACE.com
By Becky Oskin, Staff Writer  1 hour ago



An amazing view of all of Saturn and its rings, assembled by Gordan Ugarkovic.


     
An amazing new view of Saturn, created by amateur image processer Gordan Ugarkovic, shows the planet and its rings in all their glory.

Ugarkovic, a Croatian computer programmer, assembled the incredible image from 36 shots snapped by the Cassini spacecraft on Oct. 10. He combined a dozen each of red, green and blue filter images into the stunning mosaic.

"I try to be measured in my praise for spacecraft images," wrote Emily Lakdawalla of the Planetary Society, the first to spot the image in Ugarkovic's Flickr stream. "But this enormous mosaic showing the flattened globe of Saturn floating amongst the complete disk of its rings must surely be counted among the great images of the Cassini mission."

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been in orbit around Saturn for almost nine years. It is expected to study the ringed planet and its moons until 2017.

See more photos by Ugarkovic here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ugordan/.


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[ariete]

impressive this below with just the rings 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ugordan/4809416668/#sizes/o/in/photostream/

[Buster's Uncle]

[ariete]

yes uncle, sorry but i couldn't done with his direct link. you can give always the right view.