Explore Saturn and its major satellites in stunning high-resolution detail with this SpaceEngine addon. It upgrades textures for Saturn, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, and Iapetus, swapping default low-quality JPEGs for sharp PNG files. Resolutions reach up to 16384x8192 for key moons, delivering effective details down to 0.1 km/pix on Enceladus.
This indie simulation enhancement draws from NASA Cassini data and expert processing to boost object clarity over the base SpaceEngine setup. Casual explorers and space enthusiasts gain precise views of icy satellite albedo maps, Titan's infrared and radar imagery, and custom elevation artwork. Perfect for simulation fans seeking sharper planetary visuals on PC.
This Saturn System HD DLC (addon) contains high-resolution textures for Saturn and its major satellites - Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion and Iapetus. It improves the level of detail of these objects compared to the default SpaceEngine installation, and replaces their default low-quality JPEG textures with high-quality PNG ones.
Credits:
Saturn texture: Solar System Scope
Titan texture: Ian Regan (infrared global map, radar polar regions close-ups), merged by retro-visor
Other satellites: NASA Cassini 2014 data release, with processing by John van Vliet, Robert Skuridin "PBC" and Vladimir Romanyuk "SpaceEngineer"
Satellite elevation maps (artwork): "Kexitt", Vladimir Romanyuk "SpaceEngineer", and Tristan Audam "Voekoevaka"
Source data:
Icy satellites albedo maps: NASA Cassini 2014 data release
Image resolution: 8192x4096 (Mimas), 16384x8192 (Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Iapetus)
Effective resolution: 0.15 km/pix (Mimas), 0.1 km/pix (Enceladus), 0.2 km/pix (Tethys, Dione), 0.3 km/pix (Rhea, Iapetus)
Titan infrared albedo map and radar close-ups: Cassini
Image resolution: 35953x17958 (reduced to 32768x16384)
Effective resolution: 0.45 km/pix (reduced to 0.49 km/pix)
Hyperion albedo map: Cassini
Image resolution: 2048x1024
Effective resolution: 0.83 km/pix
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