PIA06097: Cassini's First Picture of F Ring

Cassini's First Picture of F Ring
Target Name: Saturn
Mission: Cassini
Spacecraft: Cassini Orbiter
Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Product Size: 1024 samples x 1024 lines
Produced By: CICLOPS/Space Science Institute
Full-Res TIFF: PIA06097.tif (708.5 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA06097.jpg (30.15 kB)
Medium-Res JPEG: PIA06097_modest.jpg (28.34 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image:

This is one of the first images taken of Saturn's F ring by the Cassini spacecraft after it successfully entered Saturn's orbit. It was taken by the spacecraft's narrow angle camera and shows the sunlit side of the rings.


Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute


Image and caption provided by the Planetary Photojournal -- PIA06097