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[Tulloch]

Hi all, I've been fortunate enough to be the right location with clear skies to capture some of the first images of Saturn "edge-on", where the rings are all but invisible. However, Saturn will remain pretty much ring-less for the rest of the year, FYI here's a graph showing the tilt angle as calculated by SkySafari.

 

 

My last capture of Saturn was on the 17th of April when the rings were at about 1.3^o, and they were virtually invisible except when using extreme stretching of the image. Maybe they will be more visible in July when they reach their maximum tilt angle, but I don't know by how much.

 

In any event, there should be a number of good opportunities coming up through the year to view and image a ring-less Saturn, something that only happens every 15 years or so. Hopefully I'll be able to get a good image to add to my collection <insert gratuitous brag image here, click for full size  >.

 

 

Good luck everyone!

 

Andrew

Edited by Tulloch, 20 April 2025 - 04:16 PM.

[dcaponeii]

It's not bragging when the data backs you up!!

[AdriRM]

We are already looking forward to start the season with Saturn, in the HN we still can't visualize it well, but from next month I will start trying to do it.