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Hyperion: Parting Glance Target Name:   Hyperion Spacecraft:   Cassini Orbiter Instrument:   Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Produced by:   NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA07739 Date Taken:   26 September 2005 Related Documents Hyperion Saturn Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size PIA07739.jpg JPEG 640 x 640 31K PIA07739.jpg JPEG 1024 x 1024 58K PIA07739.tif TIFF 1024 x 1024 389K As Cassini sped away from its close encounter with Saturn's moon Hyperion on Sept. 26, 2005, it took this parting shot of the battered moon's shadowy limb. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera at a distance of approximately 32,300 kilometers (20,000 miles) from Hyperion and at a Sun-Hyperion-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 127 degrees. Image scale is 192 meters (630 feet) per pixel.

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