Saturn Viewer Example: Rhea Eclipse
As listed in Table 4 of Arlot and Thuillot (Icarus 105, 427-440, 1993), Rhea will disappear into Saturn’s shadow at 0:47 UTC on 20 May 1995. Note that Rhea will be partially obscured by the rings at this time.
Input Parameters
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Observation time (UTC): 1995-5-20 0:47
Field of view (seconds): .4
Central body: Rhea (605)
Maximum star magnitude: 0.
Minimum disk size: 0.
Annotations: Off
Field of View Description (J2000)
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Body RA Dec dRA (") dDec (")
699 Saturn 23h 37m 25.0297s -4d 32m 51.252s 0.000 0.000
601 Mimas 23h 37m 26.6103s -4d 32m 53.873s 23.634 -2.620
602 Enceladus 23h 37m 27.0474s -4d 32m 53.712s 30.170 -2.460
603 Tethys 23h 37m 24.7999s -4d 32m 51.117s -3.436 0.136
604 Dione 23h 37m 28.3859s -4d 32m 55.390s 50.184 -4.137
605 Rhea 23h 37m 24.1392s -4d 32m 50.081s -13.315 1.171
606 Titan 23h 37m 20.7294s -4d 32m 46.244s -64.301 5.008
607 Hyperion 23h 37m 12.0970s -4d 32m 39.155s -193.379 12.097
608 Iapetus 23h 37m 49.6636s -4d 31m 12.287s 368.346 98.965
610 Janus 23h 37m 23.7796s -4d 32m 49.678s -18.692 1.574
611 Epimetheus 23h 37m 25.0851s -4d 32m 51.304s 0.828 -0.051
612 Helene 23h 37m 25.3827s -4d 32m 51.562s 5.279 -0.310
613 Telesto 23h 37m 27.2889s -4d 32m 53.184s 33.782 -1.931
614 Calypso 23h 37m 22.5108s -4d 32m 48.953s -37.664 2.300
615 Atlas 23h 37m 23.8620s -4d 32m 49.833s -17.461 1.420
616 Prometheus 23h 37m 23.7497s -4d 32m 49.689s -19.139 1.564
617 Pandora 23h 37m 26.1245s -4d 32m 52.600s 16.370 -1.348
Subsolar latitude (deg): 2.68519 to 2.74048
Ring opening angle (deg): 0.06613 (lit)
