February 24 - Quadruple Transit of Saturn

[Candlelight]

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/19feb_quadrupletransit.htm?list39567

Something is about to happen on Saturn that's so pretty, even Hubble will pause to take a look. "On Feb. 24th, there's going to be a quadruple transit of Saturn's moons," says Keith Noll of the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute. "Titan, Mimas, Dione and Enceladus will pass directly in front of Saturn and we'll see their silhouettes crossing Saturn's cloudtops—all four at the same time." Hubble won't be the only one looking. Amateur astronomers will be able to see it, too. The timing favors observers along the Pacific coast of North America, Alaska, Hawaii, Australia and east Asia.

Finally, something else to watch in the skies, although Comet Lupin is due next week as well.

 

[Holdfast]

Quadruple Transit of Saturn

There's a recession/GM/heart bypass surgery joke lurking in here somewhere, but I can't quite find it.

 

[trekkiedane]

Yeah, I got the e-mail from NASA too, and I'm really looking forward to seeing the Hubble-pictures

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Quadruple Transit of Saturn

There's a recession/GM/heart bypass surgery joke lurking in here somewhere, but I can't quite find it.

The Four White-Van Men of the Apocalypse?