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Description: Animation of three images of Saturn's irregular moon Ymir (S/2000 S 1), taken by the 3.6-meter Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) on 23 September 2000. Each image was taken approximately 90 minutes apart, showing the moon's motion relative to the background stars and galaxies. The raw image datasets used are 550460p, 550470p, and 550482p. For comparison, the star field in these images can be viewed at the CDS's Aladin star atlas.
Title: Ymir-CFHT
Credit: Raw images provided by the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre's Solar System Object Image Search.
Author: Brett Gladman/Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
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