Saturn in View

:smiley: there ya go, BrassBlower :smiley:

Oooh, framed! There’s fancy!

It’s amazing they were able to get it to hold still long enough to take the picture.

djm

Saturn in Rear View:

The rings are much smaller than I thought they would be. Is that because Saturn is closer than it appears or further away than it appears?

Denny: Thanks for that picture, but there’s just something about going out on a clear night with a telescope, freezing your buns off, and seeing the wind make the images in your scope boil like an overheated tea kettle, just to see it for yourself. :stuck_out_tongue: :wink:

dwest: :laughing: :laughing:

Neither. It’s because Saturn is approaching at a high velocity. Doppler shift causes the rings to appear compressed. Once it’s gone past, the rings will appear to expand.

I’m with Brassblower on this one.

Saturn’s new Moonlet