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| Illustration from the Cassini Grand Finale trailer. I legit teared up somewhat on the finish. |
After 20 years in area, Cassini deserves this cinema high quality teaser trailer for its upcoming ‘Grand Finale’ dying dive into the fuel large (oops, spoiler alert). Cassini is one in every of my favourite missions, particularly due to the standard and abundance of photographs which are being despatched again. I did not actually get into area or the evening sky till after Cassini was properly on it is approach to the outer photo voltaic system, so I can not actually keep in mind a time after we did not have Cassini photographs.
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| Illustration from the Cassini Grand Finale trailer |
The photographs within the video are clearly laptop generated, however they’re simply recognizable and so they really feel very acquainted as a result of they’re primarily based on precise Cassini pictures, so they’re no less than science-adjacent and seemingly real-ish. In truth, among the photographs have direct connections to precise well-known Cassini pictures from the Corridor of Fame.
Let’s watch! Go HD and full display screen!
As you’ll be able to see, the trailer provides type of a spotlight tour of some well-known Cassini moments. However the illustrations from these moments aren’t fully fabricated, they’re all primarily based on accessible pictures you could see on-line. Take a look at the illustrations from the trailers vs. some precise Cassini pictures…
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| Illustration from the trailer vs. the precise backlit Saturn picture composite |
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| Illustration from the trailer vs. Saturn approaching northern summer season on this Corridor of Fame picture |
In the event you’re questioning, right here is my greatest picture of Saturn that I took with my iPhone by my Meade refractor telescope. I recorded a brief video by the eyepiece and stacked it in Registax to scrub up the picture.
