Saturn with Encke division

Posted by lcd1080
on Sunday, March 25, 2012

Here's an image of Saturn that I recorded on March 23, 2012 at 4:37 AM with my C11 SCT. Note that the rings are splitting at their outer ends (on the right and left sides of the image). That splitting appears because of the Encke division within Saturn's A-ring. The division is a very narrow gap formed by the small moon Pan which orbits within it.

Tags: Saturn
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