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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
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Title:
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Solar System Portrait - Views of 6 Planets
Title
Solar System Portrait - Views of 6 Planets
Title
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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These six narrow-angle color images were made from the first ever 'portrait' of the solar system taken by Voyager 1, which was more than 4 billion miles from Earth and about 32 degrees above the ecliptic. The spacecraft acquired a total of 60 frames for a mosaic of the solar system which shows six of the planets. Mercury is too close to the sun to be seen. Mars was not detectable by the Voyager cameras due to scattered sunlight in the optics, and Pluto was not included in the mosaic because of its small size and distance from the sun. These blown-up images, left to right and top to bottom are Venus, Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. The background features in the images are artifacts resulting from the magnification. The images were taken through three color filters -- violet, blue and green -- and recombined to produce the color images. Jupiter and Saturn were resolved by the camera but Uranus and Neptune appear larger than they really are because of image smear due to spacecraft motion during the long (15 second) exposure times. Earth appears to be in a band of light because it coincidentally lies right in the center of the scattered light rays resulting from taking the image so close to the sun. Earth was a crescent only 0.12 pixels in size. Venus was 0.11 pixel in diameter. The planetary images were taken with the narrow-angle camera (1500 mm focal length).
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
These six narrow-angle color images were made from the first ever 'portrait' of the solar system taken by Voyager 1, which was more than 4 billion miles from Earth and about 32 degrees above the ecliptic. The spacecraft acquired a total of 60 frames for a mosaic of the solar system which shows six of the planets. Mercury is too close to the sun to be seen. Mars was not detectable by the Voyager cameras due to scattered sunlight in the optics, and Pluto was not included in the mosaic because of its small size and distance from the sun. These blown-up images, left to right and top to bottom are Venus, Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. The background features in the images are artifacts resulting from the magnification. The images were taken through three color filters -- violet, blue and green -- and recombined to produce the color images. Jupiter and Saturn were resolved by the camera but Uranus and Neptune appear larger than they really are because of image smear due to spacecraft motion during the long (15 second) exposure times. Earth appears to be in a band of light because it coincidentally lies right in the center of the scattered light rays resulting from taking the image so close to the sun. Earth was a crescent only 0.12 pixels in size. Venus was 0.11 pixel in diameter. The planetary images were taken with the narrow-angle camera (1500 mm focal length).
Original Caption Released with Image
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Addition Date:
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1996-09-13
Addition_Date
1996-09-13
Addition Date
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Produced By:
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JPL
Produced_By
JPL
Produced By
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Mission:
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Voyager
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Spacecraft:
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Voyager 1
Spacecraft
Voyager 1
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Earth
Target_Name
Earth
Target Name
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
Is_a_satellite_of
Sol (our sun)
Is a satellite of
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Instrument:
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Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Instrument
Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Instrument
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Product Size:
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620 samples x 500 lines
Product_Size
620 samples x 500 lines
Product Size
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Primary Data Set:
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Voyager EDRs
Primary_Data_Set
Voyager EDRs
Primary Data Set
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Producer ID:
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P36089
Producer_ID
P36089
Producer ID
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facet_what:
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Mercury
facet_what
Mercury
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Sun
facet_what
Sun
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Venus
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Venus
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Voyager
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Voyager
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Voyager 1
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Voyager 1
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Earth
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Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Neptune
facet_what
Neptune
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mars
facet_what
Mars
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Uranus
facet_what
Uranus
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Saturn
facet_what
Saturn
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Pluto
facet_what
Pluto
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
facet_what
Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
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facet_where:
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Mercury
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Mercury
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facet_where:
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Venus
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Venus
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facet_where:
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Jupiter
facet_where
Jupiter
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Mars
facet_where
Mars
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Uranus
facet_where
Uranus
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Saturn
facet_where
Saturn
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Pluto
facet_where
Pluto
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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Image #:
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PIA00453
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA00453
UID
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA00453
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