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Saturn Feb 19 + Rhea shadow

Started by awesley, 02/20/2010 09:07AM
Posted 02/20/2010 09:07AM Opening Post
Some more good seeing this morning, Here's an image showing Rhea in transit and its shadow. Tethys is also visible off the disk to the left.

regards, Anthony

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Posted 02/20/2010 12:05PM #1
what a great pic! i finally was able to get out the scope .first time in a month cuz of the clouds ,but i love that pic
Posted 02/20/2010 12:14PM #2
Bird, stunning image! Color and banding details are impressive. Nice capture of this rare event. Thanks for posting it

Regards,
Steve
Posted 02/21/2010 03:32AM #3
That is one fantastic Saturn Anthony, the transits are awesome.

Can't wait to see more,

Kevin

Posted 02/25/2010 08:56PM #4
Really fine work, Anthony! It's good to see someone having great success this year with Saturn. cheers, Dan grin