transit of Saturn, ...and other foolish things? |
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transit of Saturn, ...and other foolish things? |
 Apr 2 2022, 08:39 PM
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 Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 4260 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152  |
This is a day late, but I just noticed that Stuart Atkinson, regular UMSF poster from the old days, did a great job capturing yesterday's (extremely rare) transit of Saturn across the sun:
https://twitter.com/mars_stu/status/1509784017578729473 He's right about this only occuring on April 1st - that's when Saturn's inferior ascending node crosses the plane of Earth's superior sidereal saros cycle. 
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Apr 2 2022, 09:07 PM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
That was a bit of genius pranking from the inestimable Mars Stu.
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