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Keywords: rings, Tethys, Saturn
![Сатурн в инфракрасном свете](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/02/22/0001186889/saturn98_nicmos_c1.preview.jpg)
21.02.2003
This delightfully detailed false-color image of Saturn was taken in January 1998 by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. The picture is a combination of three images from Hubble's NICMOS instrument and shows the lovely ringed planet in reflected infrared sunlight.
![Естественный цвет колец Сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/07/23/0001198756/colorrings_cassini.preview.jpg)
23.07.2004
What colors are Saturn's rings? Recent images from the Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn confirm that different rings have slightly different colors. The above image shows their sometimes-subtle differences in brightness and color. The rings reflect sunlight and so, even if they were perfectly reflecting, would appear the color of the Sun.
![Вид в плоскости колец](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/21/0001208827/DioneRingside_cassini_c72.preview.jpg)
21.10.2005
Orbiting in the plane of Saturn's rings, Dione and the other icy saturnian moons have a perpetual ringside view of the gorgeous gas giant planet. Of course, while passing through the ring plane the Cassini spacecraft also shares their stunning perspective.
![Сатурн в равноденствие](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/09/30/0001236315/saturnequinox_cassini.preview.jpg)
30.09.2009
How would Saturn look if its ring plane pointed right at the Sun? Before last month, nobody knew. Every 15 years, as seen from Earth, Saturn's rings point toward the Earth and appear to disappear.
![Прощай, Юпитер!](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/03/10/0001187457/jupitercrescent_cassini.preview.jpg)
8.03.2003
Next stop: Saturn. The Cassini spacecraft, launched from Earth in 1997, has now swung past Jupiter and should arrive at Saturn in the year 2004. Pictured to the left is a parting shot from Cassini in January that would not have been possible from Earth: Jupiter showing a crescent phase.
![Новая буря на Сатурне](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/01/27/0001211153/saturnetempete250106_2.preview.jpg)
26.01.2006
Presently at opposition in planet Earth's sky, Saturn is well placed for telescopic observations. On Wednesday two amateur astronomers took full advantage of the situation from Melun, near Paris, France. With...
![У Юпитера появились кольца](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/01/09/0001201834/jupring1_gal.preview.jpg)
8.01.2005
Why does Jupiter have rings? Jupiter's rings were discovered in 1979 by the passing Voyager 1 spacecraft, but their origin was a mystery. Data from the Galileo spacecraft that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003 later confirmed that these rings were created by meteoroid impacts on small nearby moons.
![Кружащиеся штормы на Сатурне](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/10/0001208486/stormysaturn_cassini.preview.jpg)
10.10.2005
Storms larger than hurricanes continually dot the upper atmosphere of the planet Saturn. A view of many storms occurring simultaneously was captured in July by the robot Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn. An image of unusually high detail was made possible at that time when Cassini isolated a very specific color of polarized infrared light.
![Устойчивый электрический ураган на Сатурне](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/05/05/0001227606/saturnstorm_cassini.preview.jpg)
5.05.2008
How do large storms evolve on Saturn? On Earth, a hurricane can persist for weeks, while the Great Red Spot on Jupiter has been in existence for over 150 years. On Saturn, a storm system has now set a new endurance record, now being discernable for greater than three months.
![Покрытие Сатурна Луной](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/09/20/0001170829/ocsat_anim.preview.gif)
8.09.2001
On September 18, 1997, many stargazers in the U. S. were able to watch a lovely early morning lunar occultation as a bright Moon passed in front of Saturn. Using a 1.2 meter reflector, astronomer Kris Stanek had an excellent view of this dream-like event from the Whipple Observatory atop Arizona's Mount Hopkins.
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