Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb telescope

Re:Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb tele... by veaxvoid on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:22PM (#36546128)

any idea why the ring of Saturn is disconnected near the planet??? what is going on there?

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Re:Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb tele... by Aaron2222 on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:38PM (#36546231)

My guess would be that the 'gap' in the rings is just not getting any sunlight due to being behind Saturn. Remember that the sun will be at a different angle to Saturn than the JWST.

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Re:Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb tele... by pixelfarmer on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:36AM (#36546970)

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia00335-full-disk-color-ima...

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Re:Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb tele... by h2odragon on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:53PM (#36546359)

rendering bug. expected to be patched in the next driver update.

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Re:Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb tele... by VladimirGolovin on Saturday July 01, 2023 @03:35AM (#36547693)

Looks like shadow.

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Re:Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb tele... by rydgel on Saturday July 01, 2023 @04:26AM (#36547999)

That's called a shadow.

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