There are many images of Cassini with Saturn in the background on the internet. How are these photos taken? Is the video of Cassini disintegrating in Saturn's Atmosphere real or made using graphics?
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$\begingroup$ Related: space.stackexchange.com/questions/23050/… $\endgroup$– Russell BorogoveCommented Sep 15, 2017 at 21:09
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$\begingroup$ There is a Q&A about why images of satellites in Earth orbit are illustrations and not real photos, can't find it right now. $\endgroup$– uhohCommented Sep 16, 2017 at 0:39
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$\begingroup$ Maybe this one: space.stackexchange.com/questions/3970/… $\endgroup$– BowlOfRedCommented Sep 16, 2017 at 6:09
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$\begingroup$ There are pictures like this esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2004/06/… A reputable source adds the words "artist's impression" to the picture. There are more links theregister.co.uk/2017/04/27/… universetoday.com/53307/cassini-images $\endgroup$– UweCommented Sep 16, 2017 at 9:09
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Any picture of Cassini in space is an artist's conception, probably a computer rendering, although the Saturn backdrop may come from real Cassini photographs.
I had thought it possible that the Huygens probe carried by Cassini to Titan might have taken one or more pictures of Cassini as it departed, but it's not possible, as the camera was enclosed under the probe's heat shield until it was well into its descent.
answered Sep 15, 2017 at 21:00