Forecast for Saturn's Moon Titan | NOIRLab

Forecast for Saturn's Moon Titan | NOIRLab

Cosmoview Episode 65: Using Gemini North, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, and the SOAR Telescope, both operated by the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, and in collaboration with other global observatories, a team of astronomers observed two chance alignments of Earth, Titan, and a distant bright star to learn about the moon’s atmosphere and build improved models of its winds.

Credit:
Images and Videos: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio/J.Pollard/T. Matsopoulos/N. Bartmann
Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: April 12, 2023

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