Astronomy Picture of the Day ·

Tracking Saturn's Moons

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 12, 1996 is “Tracking Saturn's Moons,” an image. It is credited to Credit: P. Nicholson (Cornell) and NASA. The original explanation runs about 131 words.

Tracking Saturn's Moons
Credit: P. Nicholson (Cornell) and NASA Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“These five pairs of Hubble Space Telescope images track some of Saturn’s moons as they orbit the ringed planet . A pair of images was taken every 97 minutes on November 21, 1995 with the Wide Field Planetary Camera-2 , the normally bright ring system appearing nearly edge-on.”

— APOD editors, May 12, 1996

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
May 12, 1996
Type
Image
Credit
Credit: P. Nicholson (Cornell) and NASA
Copyright
No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
Explanation length
About 131 words

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