English: This diagram highlights a slice of Saturn's largest ring. The ring (red band in inset photo) was discovered by
NASA's
Spitzer Space Telescope, which detected
infra-red light, or heat, from the dusty ring material. Spitzer viewed the ring edge-on from its
Earth-trailing orbit around the
sun.
The Spitzer data were taken by its multiband imaging photometer and show infrared light with a wavelength of 24 microns. The picture of Saturn was taken by NASA's
Hubble Space Telescope.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the
Soviet/
Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The
SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use.
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This diagram highlights a slice of Saturn's largest ring. The ring (red band in inset photo) was discovered by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, which detected infrared light, or heat, from the dusty ring material. Spitzer viewed the ring edge-on from its Earth-trailing orbit around the sun.
The ring has a diameter equivalent to 300 Saturns lined up side to side. And it's thick too -- about 20 Saturns could fit into its vertical height. The ring is tilted about 27 degrees from Saturn's main ring plane.
The Spitzer data were taken by its multiband imaging photometer and show infrared light with a wavelength of 24 microns.
The picture of Saturn was taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.