Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Sun May 05 2019 09:16:39 Astronomy Picture of the Day Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2019 May 5 [2] Saturn, Titan, Rings, and Haze Image Credit: NASA [3] , ESA [4] , JPL [5] , SSI [6] , Cassini Imaging Team [7] Explanation: This is not a solar eclipse [8] . Pictured here [9] is a busy vista of moons and rings taken at Saturn. The large circular object in the center of the image is Titan [10] , the largest moon of Saturn and one of the most intriguing objects in the entire Solar System [11] . The dark spot in the center is the main solid part of the moon. The bright surrounding ring is atmospheric haze above Titan [12] , gas that is scattering sunlight to a camera operating onboard the robotic Cassini spacecraft [13] . Cutting horizontally across the image are the rings of Saturn [14] , seen nearly edge on. At the lower right of Titan is Enceladus [15] , a small moon of Saturn. Since the image was taken pointing nearly at the Sun, the surfaces of Titan and Enceladus [16] appear in silhouette [17] , and the rings of Saturn [18] appear similar to a photographic negative [19] . Now if you look really really closely at Enceladus, you can see a hint of icy jets [20] shooting out toward the bottom of the image. It is these jets that inspired future proposals [21] to land [22] on Enceladus, burrow into the ice, and search for signs of extraterrestrial life [23] . Tomorrow's picture: approaching the whirlpool ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [24] | Archive [25] | Submissions [26] | Index [27] | Search [28] | Calendar [29] | RSS [30] | Education [31] | About APOD [32] | Discuss [33] | > [34] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [35] (MTU [36] ) & Jerry Bonnell [37] (UMCP [38] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [39] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [40] A service of: ASD [41] at NASA [42] / GSFC [43] & Michigan Tech. U. [44] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1905/TitanBusy_Cassini_1080.jpg [3] https://www.nasa.gov/ [4] https://www.esa.int/ [5] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ [6] https://www.spacescience.org/ [7] http://ciclops.org/ [8] ap130511.html [9] http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08235 [10] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/titan/overview/ [11] http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/ [12] ap040810.html [13] http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/overview/ [14] http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn&Display=Rings [15] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_(moon) [16] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL4LTFBO10Q [17] ap120528.html [18] ap121231.html [19] http://s1.favim.com/orig/8/black-cat-pet-white-Favim.com-168987.jpg [20] ap091124.html [21] http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-2751/ year-all/#gallery/4874 [22] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_Life_Signatures_and_Habitability [23] http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/secret-life-saturns-moon-enceladus/ [24] ap190504.html [25] archivepix.html [26] lib/apsubmit2015.html [27] lib/aptree.html [28] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [29] calendar/allyears.html [30] /apod.rss [31] lib/edlinks.html [32] lib/about_apod.html [33] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=190505 [34] ap190506.html [35] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [36] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [37] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [38] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [39] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [40] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [41] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [42] https://www.nasa.gov/ [43] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [44] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .