Ah, The little moon far, far away...
Today we get the surprise of a lifetime, the little moon Enceladus that orbits Saturn was caught in the act! Spewing water out into space! Water! H2O! WooHoo!!!
Pictured below is what the probe cassini spotted and imaged...Frozen water spewing out into space. It is now thought that this frozen water supply is feeding one of saturn's rings.
I'm really excited about this, when I heard the announcement this afternoon I almost ran outside and yelled... woo f*cking hoo!!! But I kept calm...
I work part time at a local college observatory (help run the telescope, etc.) and have imaged Saturn (and the rest of the Solar System) many, many times. These are exciting times in the Astronomy field.
Awesome image of Saturn, taken by the Cassini probe now orbiting the planet.
and here is one of my images of Saturn that I took from my backyard using a special camera adapter attached to the back of my telescope: If you look close enough and your monitor is pretty bright, you will see a little white dot located at 8 o clock from Saturn... that little white dot is Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
Today we get the surprise of a lifetime, the little moon Enceladus that orbits Saturn was caught in the act! Spewing water out into space! Water! H2O! WooHoo!!!
Pictured below is what the probe cassini spotted and imaged...Frozen water spewing out into space. It is now thought that this frozen water supply is feeding one of saturn's rings.
I'm really excited about this, when I heard the announcement this afternoon I almost ran outside and yelled... woo f*cking hoo!!! But I kept calm...
I work part time at a local college observatory (help run the telescope, etc.) and have imaged Saturn (and the rest of the Solar System) many, many times. These are exciting times in the Astronomy field.
Awesome image of Saturn, taken by the Cassini probe now orbiting the planet.
and here is one of my images of Saturn that I took from my backyard using a special camera adapter attached to the back of my telescope: If you look close enough and your monitor is pretty bright, you will see a little white dot located at 8 o clock from Saturn... that little white dot is Titan, Saturn's largest moon.