Posted on Sep 19, 2021

APOD: 2021 September 19 - Rings and Seasons of Saturn

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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Rings and Seasons of Saturn." On Earth, the Fall Equinox is this coming Wednesday. An equinox occurs when a planet's Equator is pointed directly at the Sun. While that phenomenon occurs twice a year here, it happens less frequently on the planet Saturn. This eleven-year composite image of Saturn shows the planet moving from southern (top left) to northern (bottom right) summer. The Saturnine equinox is right in the middle (where the rings appear edge on). Saturn is visible now throughout the night in the Northern Hemisphere. Find Jupiter first (the apparent 'bright' star in the South), and then look to the right. The Moon is fairly bright now (full moon is tomorrow), so be patient.

APOD: 2021 September 19 - Rings and Seasons of Saturn

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Thank you my space-exploration and NASA photography advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Sunday, September 19, 2021 entitled "Rings and Seasons of Saturn."

Image: Rings and Seasons of Saturn - Image Credit & Copyright - Damian Peach-SEN

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"Explanation: On Saturn, the rings tell you the season. On Earth, Wednesday marks an equinox, the time when the Earth's equator tilts directly toward the Sun. Since Saturn's grand rings orbit along the planet's equator, these rings appear most prominent -- from the direction of the Sun -- when the spin axis of Saturn points toward the Sun. Conversely, when Saturn's spin axis points to the side, an equinox occurs and the edge-on rings are hard to see from not only the Sun -- but Earth. In the featured montage, images of Saturn between the years of 2004 and 2015 have been superposed to show the giant planet passing from southern summer toward northern summer. Saturn was as close as it can get to planet Earth last month, and this month the ringed giant is still bright and visible throughout much of the night.'

The Zombies - Time of the Season (1969)
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Saturn - Stevie Wonder (Songs In The Key Of Love)

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Saturn(Official Music Video)

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