... spectacle for Northern Hemisphere stargazers like me, and I wanted to share these exciting and unforgettable nights with you.БЂќ For this image, he used a 3.2-inch Equinox 80mm semi-apochromatic refractor at f/6.25 and a Canon 450D DSLR set to ISO 400 ...
... Vertical structures, among the tallest seen in Saturn's main rings, rise abruptly from the edge of Saturn's B ring to cast long shadows on the ring in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft two weeks before the planet's August 2009 equinox. ...
... The first type of precession to consider is that of the equinox. ... Peninsula during the vernal or autumnal equinox, you could still watch the shadow of ... the Maya s peak, the date of each equinox has actually moved by just more than two ...
... The so-called Cassini Equinox Mission will study Saturn as the planet passes through its vernal equinox in 2009 - the first time the Sun has shone directly down on Saturn's equator and the plane of the planet's rings in nearly 14 years. ...
... the change in observed atmospheric effects before, during, and after equinox in 2009 ... to about six months around the August 2009 equinox, when the Sun shone directly over ...
... These two worlds are primary targets in the 2-year extended mission, dubbed the Cassini Equinox Mission. ... magnetosphere, and observing the unique ring geometry of the Saturn equinox in August of 2009, when sunlight will pass directly ...