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Val Klavans

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Flying over Saturn - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/Ng1pvm

Have you ever wondered what Saturn looks like from above? On October 10, 2013 Cassini had the chance to fly over Saturn and take in this stunning view of the planet nestled within its rings, highlighting its mysterious hexagon and colorful cloud layers.

This composite is made of images that were taken by the Cassini spacecraft's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on October 10, 2013 and received on Earth October 11, 2013. The camera was pointing toward Saturn at approximately 900,000 miles (1,450,000 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using red, green, and blue filters.

Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Val Klavans
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February 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM

Val Klavans

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 7d

Saturn and Titan Together - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/s1RhbF

This is an approximate true color view of Saturn. Saturn's rings can be seen here almost as a straight line. To the left of Saturn is Titan.

This composite is made of images that were taken by Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) on April 18, 2015 and received on Earth April 19, 2015. The camera was pointing toward Titan and Saturn, and the images were taken using the blue, methane band, and continuum band filters.

Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Val Klavans
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February 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM

Val Klavans

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One of my favorite views from Cassini

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 8d

Crescent Saturn and Titan - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/fv6rVE

On August 11, 2013 Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem, captured a set of images of Saturn and Titan. This is a natural color composite of three images ISS snapped in red, green, and blue filters. Saturn and Titan appear as crescents here because Cassini was almost completely behind the worlds as they faced the Sun.

These images were taken on August 11, 2013 and received on Earth August 14, 2013. The camera was pointing toward SATURN at approximately 1,065,949 miles (1,715,478 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the red, green, and blue filters.

Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Val Klavans
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February 11, 2026 at 3:29 AM

Reposted by Val Klavans

Hourly Cosmos

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Enceladus and Saturn [colorized] - From Gordan Ugarković (ugordan.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/a39EzW

Cassini NAC clear filter frame colorized to approximate the appearance of Saturn's limb and emphasize Enceladus' grayish color in contrast. Taken 2010-08-13 20:13 UTC.

Distance to Enceladus: 59 000 km
Distance to Saturn: 295 000 km
Phase angle: 154.5 deg

February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Val Klavans

@valklavans.bsky.social

@lgr-yt.bsky.social hope you are doing alright with this crazy winter storm 🥶❄️🧊

February 1, 2026 at 4:22 AM

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Daniel Machacek

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Mosaics of Titan's surface from DISR imager onboard Huygens probe 20 years ago (2005/01/14).
All of them have 2000×2000 pixels (maximum for Bluesky) and they cover areas 64×64, 16×16, 4×4 and 1×1 km.
Resolution is 32, 8, 2 and 0.5 meters/pixel.
Credit: ESA/NASA/University of Arizona/D. Machacek.

Mosaic of Titan's surface from DISR imager onboard Huygens probe at 32 meters per pixel.

Mosaic of Titan's surface from DISR imager onboard Huygens probe at
8 meters per pixel.

Mosaic of Titan's surface from DISR imager onboard Huygens probe at
2 meters per pixel.

Mosaic of Titan's surface from DISR imager onboard Huygens probe at 0.5 meters per pixel.

January 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM

Reposted by Val Klavans

Landru79

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#CASSINI ORBITER #SATURN MISSION

Target: #Titan
Time: 2008-05-12
Saturn Orbit Number: 067
Distance to Surface (km): 175810.031
Camera: Narrow Angle UV3 Filter

opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/COISS...

NASA/JPL/j. Roger

January 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM

Val Klavans

@valklavans.bsky.social

Starting the new year with a piece I've been living with for a while 🎸 [work in progress]
Thanks for listening ♪♫
youtu.be/XCLL2wigqmI

Koyunbaba Movements I & II - Carlo Domeniconi

YouTube video by astroguitarist

youtu.be

January 4, 2026 at 4:14 AM

Val Klavans

@valklavans.bsky.social

Made it to BBC Sky at Night Magazine! Excited to be able to hold this in my hands.

My Saturn image was published in the November 2025 issue 🪐

December 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM

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Hourly Cosmos

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Sat_wac_20070130 - From Gordan Ugarković (ugordan.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/4fvmxU

December 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM

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Andrea Luck

@andrealuck.bsky.social

1/2 🧵

Reprocessed this JWST image of Jupiter and updated the Outer Planets composition in the thread. Rings everywhere!

Full size image: flic.kr/p/2rJRXeY 🔭🧪
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck

JWST NIRCAM 2022-06-28
Filter: F212, F3322W2-F323N
PI: John A. Stansberry
Proposal ID 1022