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This image shows the ringed planet, Saturn. Saturn is a gas giant, even further away than Jupiter, which is the largest planet
in our solar system.
The rings surrounding Saturn can be seen clearly with a tiny bit of Saturn’s shadow on the back of them.
You may just make out some structures (bands) on the planet itself. These are not as prominent as those on Jupiter due to
a high level atmospheric haze covering Saturn.
It is also possible to see that the rings show a slight separation inside them, which is only visible as a change in brightness.
This tells us that the rings are made out of very small rocks, dust, and ice circling around Saturn.
The image was taken with the 20 inch telescope on the night of the 22 April 2008. The image is the result of 1000 single images
and no filters were used.
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