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Spectacular Photo-op on Saturn

Started by Jim, Feb 19, 2009, 11:15:16

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February 19, 2009: Something is about to happen on Saturn that's so pretty, even Hubble will pause to take a look.

"On Feb. 24th, there's going to be a quadruple transit of Saturn's moons," says Keith Noll of the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute. "Titan, Mimas, Dione and Enceladus will pass directly in front of Saturn and we'll see their silhouettes crossing Saturn's cloudtops—all four at the same time."

More: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/19feb_quadrupletransit.htm?list1298533