Saturn July 7th 2010

[Quark]

Hi All,

Imaged Saturn very early last night in an attempt to see just how early I could do it. This was 5:57 pm CST.

The storm I have been tracking is not on this side of Saturn but it is in such a position now that with my local constraints regarding my North western horizon ( a rather large palm tree), that I must be able to image it very early in the evening.

Thought the result was reasonable so here it is.

Thanks for looking
Regards
Trevor

[michaellxv]

Looks like the rings are starting to open up a bit more now.

[Clayton]

Very nice Trevor

[Lester]

Beautiful image Trevor. Thanks for the view.

[bird]

Excellent Trev, nicely done.

cheers, Bird

[Quark]

That they are Michaell, around the time that the rings are close to edge on, due to the geometry of both Saturn and Earth's orbit, the appearance of the rings go through some gymnastics.

The ring opening relative to Earth in degrees.
May 7th 1.818
June 7th 1.725
July 7th 2.337
August 7th 3.558

[Quark]

Thanks very much Bird, Lester & Clayton for your generous comments.