Re: Question about just-released Saturn photo

Steve Willner <willner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Steve Pope wrote:

My question has to do with the fact that the planet is occulting
parts of the inner ring at both the top and bottom of the photo.

I think that "occultation" at the bottom is illusory.

Did you download the 18 MB TIFF image? This allows a better
view of the faintest innermost rings, which to me also look occulted
at the bottom of the photo.

But yes, there's more occultation at the top of the photo.

Steve
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