Saturn's Rings - Voyager 2

False color image of Saturn's C and B rings

Saturn's Rings
Voyager 2 false-color image of Saturn's rings taken from 2.7 million km. The C-ring (blue) and the B-ring (at top and left) are shown here. The color difference may indicate different surface composition of ring material. The enhanced color was produced using images taken with the ultraviolet, clear, and green filters. The actual color of C-ring material is very bland and gray. The C-ring is about 17,000 km across. (Voyager 2, P-23927)
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Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1981-08-23
Distance/Range (km): 2,700,000
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): N/A
Orbit(s): Flyby

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: rings
Instrument: Narrow Angle Vidicon Camera
Instrument Resolution (pixels): 800 x 800, 8 bit
Instrument Field of View (deg): .424 x .424
Filter: ultraviolet, violet, green
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A
Phase Angle (deg): N/A
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A

Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: N/A
NASA Image ID number: P-23927
Other Image ID number: S-2-25
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 75-076A-01B
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): N/A
Other ID: N/A

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Dave Williams, dave.williams@nasa.gov, (301) 286-1258
Code 690.1, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Jay Friedlander, jay.s.friedlander@nasa.gov, (301) 286-7172
Code 612.4, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

NASA Official: Dr. David R. Williams, David.R.Williams@nasa.gov
Last updated: 24 September 2015