In between severe thunderstorms out at my observatory, I was able to capture this rare event where Saturn’s rings were so thin that they nearly disappeared completely from view!
This is a rare celestial event that only happens approximately every 15 years as Earth crosses through the ring plane of Saturn, that is why we see the rings so thin and are viewed edge on from our position here on planet Earth.
But this is only an illusion as Saturn’s beautiful rings are still there in all there glory but we just cannot see them from Earth.
Galileo Galilei was perplexed when in 1612 he looked at Saturn and its beautiful rings had disappeared this is what he stated in his notes!
"I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel." announced Galileo when Saturn's rings appeared to vanish in 1612.
Read more at: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap950801.html
More interesting information on Saturn’s ring plane crossings from NASA:
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-views-saturn-ring-plane-crossing/
My images were taken with a 10inch LX200 Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and ZWO ASI120 Mc planetary camera with 3xbarlow attached. AVI files were captured with 3000 frames that were stacked in RegiStax6 and processed in PS.
The sky conditions were not ideal with quite a lot of water moisture in the air,
but I managed to capture some AVI files :-)
This is a rare celestial event that only happens approximately every 15 years as Earth crosses through the ring plane of Saturn, that is why we see the rings so thin and are viewed edge on from our position here on planet Earth.
But this is only an illusion as Saturn’s beautiful rings are still there in all there glory but we just cannot see them from Earth.
Galileo Galilei was perplexed when in 1612 he looked at Saturn and its beautiful rings had disappeared this is what he stated in his notes!
"I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel." announced Galileo when Saturn's rings appeared to vanish in 1612.
Read more at: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap950801.html
More interesting information on Saturn’s ring plane crossings from NASA:
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-views-saturn-ring-plane-crossing/
My images were taken with a 10inch LX200 Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and ZWO ASI120 Mc planetary camera with 3xbarlow attached. AVI files were captured with 3000 frames that were stacked in RegiStax6 and processed in PS.
The sky conditions were not ideal with quite a lot of water moisture in the air,
but I managed to capture some AVI files :-)
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