Saturns rings to do a vanishing act, Aug11

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Dave Lillis
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Saturns rings to do a vanishing act, Aug11

Post by Dave Lillis » Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:07 pm

Hi all,
August 11th is equinox time on Saturn, this means its 200000 mile wide 1/2 mile thick ring system is edge on to the Sun and that the rings will be in their own shadow so making them disappear.

http://www.astromart.com/news/news.asp?news_id=975
Only problem is Saturns proximity to the sun, so maybe catch it soon before sunset is the way to go. hopefully it'll be clear, this would make for a very interesting event to see
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Post by Frank Ryan » Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:12 pm

Something to catch for sure.

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