Cassini and Amateurs Chase Storm on Saturn

Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 14:43 in Astronomy & Space

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the help of amateur astronomers, the composite infrared spectrometer instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft has taken its first look at a massive blizzard in Saturn's atmosphere. The instrument collected the most detailed data to date of temperatures and gas distribution in that planet's storms.

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