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Friday September 5, 2008


9-11pm
Public Night
McCormick Observatory
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Picture of the Month

This image of Saturn's moon Enceladus was captured by the Cassini spacecraft during a flyby this past March. U.Va. Research Scientist Anne Verbiscer, who planned the details of this exposure, is interested in the detailed properties of interplanetary ices and their physical effects on their local environments. In addition to data from the Cassini Mission, Dr. Verbiscer has also recently used ground-based and other space-based telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope to reveal how geologically active Enceladus is affecting the surfaces of Saturn's moons Tethys, Mimas, Dione, and Rhea.