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tomd

7th of October 2009 (Wed), 09:25

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/10/07/space.saturn.ring/index.html

sounds like it is pretty faint. Amazing such a huge ring has eluded scopes for all these years.

Adrena1in

7th of October 2009 (Wed), 11:10

Wow, how bizarre is that! But as the article says, the ring is made up of such small particles that if you were standing in it you wouldn't even notice, so I guess it's not surprising. First one to photo it with an amatuer scope from earth...