JANUARY 2008

From the UK, Saturn is rising before 23:00 UT, and reaches the meridian at approximately 5:00 a.m.

The tilt of the rings is now under seven degrees allowing more of the northern hemisphere to be visible. Some recent amateur web cam images taken from  a number of parts of the world have revealed a small light spot in the STropZ to the south of the SEB at system 3 longitude (L3) ~273 at the beginning of December 2007 and L3 ~ 281 in early January. There have also been reports of a spot in the SEBZ at L3~ 98 in early January.

 
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