Ring Transit

[Paul Haese]

Something I noticed last year is that the ring transit is not a smooth transition from one hemisphere to another. In fact Saturn wobbles as the transit occurs. I thought I would show this as a pictorial representation.

Transit here (http://paulhaese.net/SaturnsringTransit.html)

comments welcome

[Quark]

Some beautiful images there Paul.

Regards
Trevor

[duncan]

Excellent set of images. Something i did not know, so i've learnt something today .
Cheers,
Duncan:thumbsup:

[bird]

Fabulous images there Paul, even just over the last month the rings have closed up a lot compared to February, and now that we're past opposition they'll start opening up again. It's a strange dance.

cheers, Bird

[Phoenix]

Ripper Images Paul - didn't realise this dance took place

nix

[cookie8]

Thanks Paul for sharing such beautiful and educational images.

[michaellxv]

Would this be unique to Saturn or does the presence of the rings just make it more obvious?

I love IIS, something to learn every day.