Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb telescope (arstechnica.com) 24 points by evo_9 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] veaxvoid 3y ago ↗ any idea why the ring of Saturn is disconnected near the planet??? what is going on there? [–] Aaron2222 3y ago ↗ 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. [–] pixelfarmer 3y ago ↗ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia00335-full-disk-color-ima... [–] h2odragon 3y ago ↗ rendering bug. expected to be patched in the next driver update. [–] VladimirGolovin 3y ago ↗ Looks like shadow. [–] rydgel 3y ago ↗ That's called a shadow.
[–] Aaron2222 3y ago ↗ 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. [–] pixelfarmer 3y ago ↗ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia00335-full-disk-color-ima...
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