Iapetus transit of Saturn in 2022 – 30th April 4:00am Australia

[bigmasterdrago]

Dennis is in a very good location for this event. I think Brisbane? From SE Texas, Saturn is only above the horizon for the first hour or so . It finishes around 03:00 UTC on 30th April, so it will be dark here, but Saturn is way below the horizon then. I've no chance of seeing the transit from SE Texas.

Condition, barring weather are much better for the Australians! Only in the last minutes is the event very low. Here is a video of the event from Brisbane using unnamed specialty software rise to set. North up, east left. It originally had the position for Iapetus off by 2,000Km but the positions are corrected in the video to exactly match SPICE: https://vimeo.com/703762684

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Looks to be a full daylight event for me! And below my horizon. Boo Hiss.

Have a look at the 17th or 18th July 2022 - I think there is also a second event that might be better for you folks in the North.

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks. Yes, the last half will be better placed here in SE Texas as over 30° up.

But the next one on December 23rd is low here but good for you. Starts near 45°up, Gets low at 10UT.

Then we need to wait til November 26, 2035 for the next one. It will be high for SE Texas for the majority of the event near Saturn's north pole.