Photographer:
Douglas Spalding
Location of Photo:
Louisburg, KS
Date/Time of photo:
2/12/08
Equipment:
Pictures of Saturn were taken at the Astronomy Society of Kansas City's Powell Observatory using a 30" Newtonian Telescope. A 3x Barlow lens and Meade LPI imager were used. Each picture is a stack of hundreds of individual shots. The pictures received final processing in PS2.
Description:
This picture shows the changing tilt of Saturn's rings relative to Earth. Saturn is moving towards being edge-on next year. (2009). It will then proceed back toward maximum tilt, reaching that point in 2016.
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