Saturn Moon transit times

[johnrt]

Hi all,

Is there an online resource that lists the transit times of Saturn's moons for Feb 2011?

Many thanks

John

[Rob_Jn]

You can use this javascipt utility from Sky & Telescope

SkyandTelescope.com - Interactive Observing Tools - Saturn's Moons Javascript Utility

Or download Winjupos. Despite its name I think it does satellites of Saturn

http://www.grischa-hahn.homepage.t-online.de/astro/winjupos/index.htm

Rob.

[johnrt]

The sky and telescope utility just seems to show you where the moons are at the moment. Is there not a place which lists when transits begin?

[brianb]

Is there not a place which lists when transits begin?

They tend to miss the planet except when the rings are almost edge on ...

[Rob_Jn]

Tethys and Enceladus still transit at the moment but as we move out of the ring plane of Saturn transits and eclipses become less and less. The benefit is we see the rings more open.

There is another utility which generates a table.....posted on here by Dave Smith.

http://stargazerslounge.com/equipment-reviews/112818-predicting-jupiter-saturn-events-e-g-grs-transits-moons.html

This might do what you want.

Rob.

[johnrt]

Ah, this looks just the ticket.

Many thanks.

Tethys and Enceladus still transit at the moment but as we move out of the ring plane of Saturn transits and eclipses become less and less. The benefit is we see the rings more open.

There is another utility which generates a table.....posted on here by Dave Smith.

http://stargazerslounge.com/equipment-reviews/112818-predicting-jupiter-saturn-events-e-g-grs-transits-moons.html

This might do what you want.

Rob.