Sunday, August 18, 2024

Saturn Ring Plane Crossing

The Rings of Saturn are "closing" and they will dissapear on March 23, 2025 and November 24, 2025 (not really as tilt will be 0.22°).
But where to find the data of the day to day tilt of the rings? I found this via Stellarium. When Saturn is selected, phi "e" shows the information for the tilt of the rings in degrees. 

Below graph shows when to see the ring plane crossing from both "Earth" and "Sun". 

Credit : https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20250921_12_100

I imaged Saturn on August 15, 2024 with following information :


Planet diameter : 19"
Planet with Ring diameter : 42.8"
Height of the ring : 2.6"
Tilt of the ring : 2.56°