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Old 12-01-2009, 07:50 PM
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Saturn: Titan transits don't miss em!

Hi,

From another forum I am on:
here are some details posted by Chris Go of upcoming
Titan transits:

Chris writes:

> It had been cloudy for the past weeks. Condition today wasn't
> great
> because transparency was poor. I was able to have a break late in
> the session before clouds and haze started to roll in again.
>
> I was finally able to capture the Titan Transit. This type of
> transit is so rare that the last time this happened was in
> 1995. After March 12, the next one will be on 2025!!
>
> The last 4 transits of this season will be on 1/23, 2/8, 2/24 and
> 3/12. The March 12 transit is the rarest as it will feature both
> Titan and it's shadow!! All the Titan transit this season will
> only
> be seen in the Austral/Asia region!

Some pics of Chris' transit captures:

http://saturn.cstoneind.com:80/
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