Enceladus Near Saturn (APOD 3/22)

ben · Post by **ben** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:12 am

Am I the only one who can't see the planet Saturn in the background, neither the ring shadow nor terminator?

l3p3r · Post by **l3p3r** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:16 am

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060322.html

I can see the ring and also the shadow in the top left hand corner.

ben · Post by **ben** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:13 pm

I can see the ring, certainly; I don't see its shadow. Maybe I'll try on the computer at work......

BMAONE23 · Post by **BMAONE23** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:57 pm

The ring shadows appear as faint arcs in the upper left corner of the image
and as far as Saturn goes, It dominates the entire image. I don't believe that there is any open space in the image. (exccept between the camera and its subject)

Bluebird11 · Post by **Bluebird11** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:02 pm

I was confused by what appeared to be weather in the top left hand side of the image. I asked someone what it was and he said that it was the shadow of the rings. However, he also said that the rings are sometimes tilted away from the orbital plane. That is why I initially thought it was weather instead of the shadow of the rings. The background of this image of Saturn makes it look like a dark dirty wall. I wonder why it doesn't appear brighter because the left-side of this image of Saturn is sunside.

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:49 am

Wouldn't it be awesome to live on a world whose whole sky was filled with a view like Saturn?
Orin