PIA01387: Image of Saturn's F-ring

Target Name: S Rings Is a satellite of: Saturn Mission: Voyager Spacecraft: Voyager 2 Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Product Size: 1020 samples x 1020 lines Produced By: JPL Producer ID: P23966 Addition Date: 1999-01-06 Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs Full-Res TIFF: PIA01387.tif (434.7 kB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA01387.jpg (88.63 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: Voyager 2 took this high-resolution image of Saturn's F-ring Aug. 26 from a distance of 51,500 kilometers (32,000 miles). This closeup view shows that the ring is made up of at least four distinct components. A higher-resolution scan through the F-ring, the result of the star occultation experiment conducted by the spacecraft's photopolarimeter, showed even finer structure in the ring. Voyager 1 showed a braiding effect not evident in this picture. The small black dots are reseau (reference) marks on the camera. The small bright dash in the middle right of the image is a star trail. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Image Credit: NASA/JPL