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About this Image

2 cm, resolution 1.5 arcsec image of Saturn; rings are wide open. The A and B rings are clearly visible.

Investigator(s):  I. de Pater

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Technical Data

Telescope	VLA
Date of Observation	1986-12-00
Type of Observation	Continuum Observations
Band	U
Wavelength	2.0 cm
Frequency	15 GHz
Technical Caption	C-array

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