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Old 27-02-2009, 03:43 PM
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As a relative newbie to planetary photography, but have dabbled a little into deeper space, I'm a little intrigued as to why Titan (and Diane)appear(s) so dark against Saturn, given they are both/all illuminated by the same source. Is this an issue of relative contrast or am I missing something?

Excellent result nevertheless.

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G'day BC. The difference is the albedo, and in this case I was wrong about Dione, what we see in the image here is it's shadow, not Dione itself. The large dark spot is titan as it's albedo is lower than Saturn.

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Old 03-03-2009, 04:42 AM
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Fantastic! It's work like that that really excites the astronomer in me. Thanks so much for sharing!
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Old 03-03-2009, 11:08 AM
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That is a ripper Bird! Still came out soo nice even with the seeing being not ideal!
Nice!
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