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Keywords: Saturn, Saturn's Moon, transit
![Фазы Венеры](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/05/21/0001198099/venusphase_rummel_c1.preview.jpg)
21.05.2004
Venus is currently falling out of the western evening sky. Second planet from the Sun and third brightest celestial object after the Sun and Moon, Venus has been appreciated by casual sky gazers as a brilliant beacon above the horizon after sunset. But telescopic images have also revealed its dramatic phases.
![Мимас - маленькая луна с большим кратером](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/10/0001208489/mimas_vg1_big.preview.jpg)
25.04.1999
Mimas is one of the smaller moons of Saturn but shows one of the largest impact craters. In fact, if the impact had been much greater, it would have disrupted the entire satellite. The large crater has been named Herschel after the 1789 discoverer of Mimas, Sir William Herschel.
![Живописный проход Венеры](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/06/23/0001198512/venustransit_cortner.preview.jpg)
23.06.2004
The rare transit of Venus across the face of the Sun earlier this month was one of the better-photographed events in sky history. Both scientific and artistic images have been flooding in from the areas that could see the transit: Europe and much of Asia, Africa, and North America.
![Прометей и кольца Сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/12/17/0001201535/prometheus_cassini_b.preview.jpg)
17.12.2004
In Greek Mythology, Prometheus was known for stealing fire from the gods. Ironically, in a story for more modern times Prometheus may also become known for stealing, but this time for stealing icy particles from Saturn's rings.
![Сатурн и Веста в Тельце](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/03/12/0001175236/taurus_orman_c1.preview.jpg)
18.01.2002
Last November, while skygazing toward the constellation Taurus, astrophotographer Joe Orman arranged this time exposure to include the lovely Hyades and Pleiades star clusters in the field of his telephoto lens. A distance...
![Вращение сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/04/27/0001167762/satrotmovie_hst.small.preview.gif)
3.10.2000
The dramatic rotation of the cloud-tops of Saturn every ten-hours is particularly evident from orbit around the gas giant planet. With a good enough telescope, however, such rotation is visible even from Earth, as shown by this time-lapse image sequence from the Hubble Space Telescope taken in November 1990.
![Полярное сияние на Сатурне](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/11/10/0001194806/sataurora_hst_big.preview.jpg)
9.01.1998
Girdling the second largest planet in the Solar System, Saturn's Rings are one of the most spectacular sights for earthbound telescopes. This recently released image, from the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope's STIS instrument, offers a striking view of another kind of ring around Saturn - pole encircling rings of ultraviolet aurora.
![Полярное сияние на Сатурне](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2000/12/19/0001162422/saturnaurora_hst_big.preview.jpg)
17.09.2000
Girdling the second largest planet in the Solar System, Saturn's Rings are one of the most spectacular sights for earthbound telescopes. This image from the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope's STIS instrument, offers a striking view of another kind of ring around Saturn - pole encircling rings of ultraviolet aurora.
![Смотря на Сатурн сзади](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/15/0001192353/saturn_down_vg1.preview.gif)
21.09.1997
This picture of Saturn could not have been taken from Earth. No Earth based picture could possibly view the night side of Saturn and the corresponding shadow cast across Saturn's rings. Since Earth is much closer to the Sun than Saturn, only the day side of the planet is visible from the Earth.
![Просвечивание солнечного света через кольца Сатурна](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/26/0001179337/satbelow_hst_big.preview.gif)
11.05.1996
Normally, Earth based astronomers view Saturn's spectacular ring system fully illuminated by reflected sunlight. However, this November 1995 Hubble Space Telescope composite image was made to take advantage of an unusual perspective, with the Sun actually illuminating the rings from below.
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