Hyperion's Nose 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:   PIA06643 Date Taken:   16 March 2005

• Hyperion
• Cassini at Saturn
• Saturn

Several distinct craters on Saturn's moon Hyperion can be seen here, as well as a protruding feature, perhaps a mountain, near the center. Hyperion is 266 kilometers (165 miles) across.

The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on March 16, 2005, at a distance of approximately 1.8 million kilometers (1.1 million miles) from Hyperion and at a Sun-Hyperion-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 42 degrees. Resolution in the original image was 11 kilometers (7 miles) per pixel. The image has been contrast-enhanced and magnified by a factor of three to aid visibility.