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Saturn's ring tilt from 2017 to 2022, Niall MacNeill

Saturn's ring tilt from 2017 to 2022

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Saturn's ring tilt from 2017 to 2022, Niall MacNeill

Saturn's ring tilt from 2017 to 2022

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Saturn from 2017 to 2022 showing the ring tilt. They were wide open in 2017 and not much changed by 2018, but from that time they have begun to close rapidly. They will be edge on in 2025, before tilting the other way to reveal the southern hemisphere of the planet in more detail.
For a higher res MP4 video see: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ipwnphvn769sn0t/Saturn%202017%20to%202022.gif?dl=0

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