{"id":1785965,"date":"2018-07-23T08:25:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T12:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1785965"},"modified":"2023-06-23T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T15:28:44","slug":"titan-in-infrared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/titan-in-infrared\/","title":{"rendered":"Titan in Infrared"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Because of its thick and opaque atmosphere, Titan had to be mapped in radar and infrared during a series of close flybys by the Cassini spacecraft. One artifact of this process: the resolution, lighting and atmospheric conditions were not consistent, so mosaic images and maps<\/a> of Titan’s surface showed visible seams. That’s been corrected in these infrared images of Titan’s surface<\/a>, released last week. The false-colour images remap infrared wavelengths to the visible spectrum, using a band-ratio technique that minimizes seams. “With the seams now gone, this new collection of images is by far the best representation of how the globe of Titan might appear to the casual observer if it weren’t for the moon’s hazy atmosphere, and it likely will not be superseded for some time to come.”<\/p>\n

Previously: Mapping Titan with VIMS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because of its thick and opaque atmosphere, Titan had to be mapped in radar and infrared during a series of close flybys by the Cassini spacecraft. 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