Saturn: Beyond The Rings

From the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium website:

It's Saturn like you've never seen it, in the Saturn: Beyond the Rings exhibition, which opened Saturday, Oct. 29. Saturn, with its dynamic and beautiful rings; the curious moons Enceladus and Titan; and its energetic and colorful atmosphere, is one of the solar system’s most famous planets. Want to experience Saturn up close? Saturn: Beyond the Rings is an exhibition of recent space photos taken by NASA’s ongoing Cassini-Huygens Mission.

The photographs provided by the Cassini Spacecraft have been some of the most startling space images ever gathered and the exhibit has proven popular with the general public because of the sheer aesthetic beauty of the images. This exhibit features over 50 images of the planet Saturn, its rings and its satellites, taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The exhibit includes images taken by Huygens, a companion spacecraft that landed through the dense atmosphere to the surface of Saturn's intriguing moon, Titan. The stunningly beautiful images emphasize the dynamic nature of the Saturn system and the interactions of its moons and rings, as well as to explore Titan and Enceladus, two of the planet's moons with environments possibly hospitable for life.

The Cassini mission was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in October 1997 and reached Saturn in 2004. A spacecraft model will also be on view. The scale model is one-tenth the size of the actual spacecraft, which is 22 feet high and 13 feet wide — about the size of a truck. Historic Astronomical Instruments from the Ladd Observatory at Brown University  and geology from the Museum’s collections will be on exhibit.

 
Museum Admission is $2, free for children under age 4. Planetarium Admission (includes Museum admission) is $3.00, no one under the age of 4 is permitted in the planetarium. The Museum of Natural History is open daily 10:00am – 5:00pm, year round. Last admission is at 4:30pm. The Museum of Natural History is wheelchair accessible.

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