there ya go, BrassBlower Saturn in View
Saturn in View
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Re: Saturn in View
It's amazing they were able to get it to hold still long enough to take the picture.
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I'd rather be atop the foothills than beneath them.
Re: Saturn in View
Saturn in Rear View:
Giles: "We few, we happy few."
Spike: "We band of buggered."
Spike: "We band of buggered."
Re: Saturn in 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?jsluder wrote:Saturn in Rear View:
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Re: Saturn in View
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. 
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Re: Saturn in View
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.dwest wrote: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?
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Spike: "We band of buggered."
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Re: Saturn in View
I'm with Brassblower on this one.
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Re: Saturn in View
"Be not deceived by the sweet words of proverbial philosophy. Sugar of lead is a poison."