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Saturn tonight - moon or close star?

Started by Bill Possel, 03/26/2007 04:30AM
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Posted 03/26/2007 04:30AM | Edited 03/26/2007 04:31AM Opening Post
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We had very nice seeing tonight so I rolled out the big 20" to look at Saturn. I was observing from 8 to 10 pm (0200 - 0400 UT) and saw the usual five moons (Dione, Tethys, Enceladus, Rhea, and Titan).

http://skytonight.com/observing/objects/javascript/saturn_moons#

But close to the planet, below the rings, on the side where Dione and Tethys appeared, there was a dim star (or moon?). It was about the same brightness as Enceladus.

Does anyone have a program that could tell what it was?

Thanks
Bill
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Posted 03/26/2007 04:55AM | Edited 03/26/2007 04:56AM #1
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Hi Bill,
Starry Night Pro 4.5 shows this at 8:49pm your time. The image is correct visually but would be flipped to show what is at the EP.
I would say it was Iapetus.

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