{"id":305,"date":"2017-12-04T22:25:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T06:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jplarc.ampr.org\/?page_id=305"},"modified":"2017-12-04T22:25:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T06:25:48","slug":"1981-voyager2-saturn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jplarc.org\/?page_id=305","title":{"rendered":"1981 Voyager 2 Saturn Encounter QSL Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qsl wp-image-301 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jplarc.ampr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/vgr2sat_front1.jpg\" alt=\"1981 Voyager 2 Saturn Encounter QSL Card (front left)\" width=\"650\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jplarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/vgr2sat_front1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/jplarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/vgr2sat_front1-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front left of the 1981 Voyager 2 Saturn Encounter QSL Card<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is the left side of the QSL card from the Voyager 2 Encounter with Saturn on August 25, 1981. The image on the QSL card shows Saturn with two of its moons Dione (top) and Enceladus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qsl wp-image-301 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jplarc.ampr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/vgr2sat_front1.jpg\" alt=\"1981 Voyager 2 Saturn Encounter QSL Card (front left)\" width=\"650\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jplarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/vgr2sat_front1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/jplarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/vgr2sat_front1-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front left of the 1981 Voyager 2 Saturn Encounter QSL Card<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is the right side of the same QSL card showing the subtle variations in the ultravoilet spectrum of the rings through the use of false colors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-303\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qsl wp-image-303 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jplarc.ampr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/vgr2sat_rear1.jpg\" alt=\"1981 Voyager 2 Saturn Encounter QSL Card (rear right)\" width=\"650\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jplarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/vgr2sat_rear1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/jplarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/vgr2sat_rear1-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rear right of the 1981 Voyager 2 Saturn Encounter QSL Card<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qsl wp-image-304 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jplarc.ampr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/vgr2sat_rear2.gif\" alt=\"1981 Voyager 2 Saturn Encounter QSL Card (right rear)\" width=\"650\" height=\"406\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rear left of the 1981 Voyager 2 Saturn Encounter QSL Card<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The images above are from the rear side of the Voyager 2 Saturn Encounter QSL card. See the <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/test\/new\/newsletters\/1981\/sep\/sep81.html\">September, 1981, issue of &#8220;W6VIO Calling&#8221;<\/a> for George Morris&#8217; (W6ABW) recap of this special event.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a Slow Scan TV buff you can access MP3 copies of two sides of the special JPL ARC Voyager encounter with Saturn SSTV cassette recording <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/test\/new\/sstv\">here.<\/a>. It has an introduction by Rr. Bruce Murray and narration by Dr. Al Hibbs.<\/p>\n<p>Then go to the NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/voyager.jpl.nasa.gov\">Voyager Mission<\/a> web page for more detailed information and the <a href=\"http:\/\/nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov\/photo_gallery\/photogallery-saturn.html\">NSSDC Saturn Photo Gallery<\/a> for many high quality images taken during the encounter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the left side of the QSL card from the Voyager 2 Encounter with Saturn on August 25, 1981. The image on the QSL card shows Saturn with two of its moons Dione (top) and Enceladus. 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