James Webb Looks at Saturn and its Moons

Released yesterday the image was taken on June 25 and shows Saturn with three Moons to the left , Dionne top then Enceladus and Tethys.

This new image of Saturn clearly shows details within the planet’s ring system, along with several of the planet’s moons – Dione, Enceladus, and Tethys. Additional deeper exposures (not shown here) will allow the team to probe some of the planet’s fainter rings, not visible in this image, including the thin G ring and the diffuse E ring. Saturn’s rings are made up of an array of rocky and icy fragments – the particles range in size from smaller than a grain of sand to a few as large as mountains on Earth.Researchers recently used Webb to explore Enceladus, and found a large plume jetting from the southern pole of the moon that contains both particles and plentiful amounts of water vapor – this plume feeds Saturn’s E ring.
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Seems a more dignified picture than the brash display put on by Uranus

a reply to: gortex

Love the halo effect of the rings! It just glows!

Great stuff from JW!

originally posted by: EternalShadow
a reply to: gortex

Love the halo effect of the rings! It just glows!

Great stuff from JW!

Infrared image...

a reply to: pteridine

Yup!

What is the black shadow type thing on the back right of the rings? Is that just a lens effect or something? Looks odd.

a reply to: gortex

originally posted by: hessteez
What is the black shadow type thing on the back right of the rings? Is that just a lens effect or something? Looks odd.

a reply to: gortex

I'd imagine that's a shadow cast as Saturn is illuminated by the sun