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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                  2024 November 2   
      
                                  Saturn at Night   
        Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute, Mindaugas   
                                    Macijauskas   
      
      Explanation: Saturn is bright in Earth's night skies. Telescopic views   
      of the outer gas giant planet and its beautiful rings often make it a   
      star at star parties. But this stunning view of Saturn's rings and   
      night side just isn't possible from telescopes in the vicinity of   
      planet Earth. Peering out from the inner Solar System they can only   
      bring Saturn's day side into view. In fact, this image of Saturn's   
      slender sunlit crescent with night's shadow cast across its broad and   
      complex ring system was captured by the Cassini spacecraft. A robot   
      spacecraft from planet Earth, Cassini called Saturn orbit home for 13   
      years before it was directed to dive into the atmosphere of the gas   
      giant on September 15, 2017. This magnificent mosaic is composed of   
      frames recorded by Cassini's wide-angle camera only two days before its   
      grand final plunge. Saturn's night will not be seen again until another   
      spaceship from Earth calls.   
      
                      Tomorrow's picture: gaze into the abyss   
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