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ART ASTRONOMY Uranus
2023 on Sun, Moon, Venus & Miscellaneous PROCESSING
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SATURN 2024 |
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Saturn Images from 2011 to 2023 showing
the changing tilt over this time From 2011 to 2017 the ring faces have been opening up and in 2018 to 2023 they begin to close up again as Saturn commences to tilt back in the opposite direction. |
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Since 2011 we have kept a record of the
changes in Saturn’s ring tilt. (Actually, the entire planet & rings are
varying their tilt/appearance as viewed from Earth!) 2011 represented the first year we felt
that the images were of sufficient resolution to warrant keeping records; it
should also be noted that some of the images chosen were near opposition when
the “Seeliger Effect” caused the rings to look brighter than in other
images…the degree of “openness” also influencing their brightness. This year’s image (2023, the last/bottom
image above) shows that the ring-tilt is fairly similar to what it was back
in 2011. (the 1st at the top) |
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