See what Saturn looks like from the Moon. Photo taken by NASA orbiter

To get an image of Saturn, the camera was rotated across Saturn and began to take pictures that mimicked

Since Saturn is much dimmer than the Moon and Jupiter, we can't see its moons.They're just not bright enough.

As a result, Saturn, magnified 4 times, is visible from the Moon. Such technique maneuvers require careful preparation and planning:

LROC Orbiter Cameras (NAC) areline scan tools, usually they only photograph the moon, as they were designed specifically for shooting close objects. The LRO orbiter travels at over 1600 m / s and takes long frames with very short exposure times.

Fortunately, NAC was able to capture the main rings of Saturn. They have a diameter of 270 thousand km, which is about 70% of the average distance between the Earth and the Moon.

Previously, the same apparatus photographed the “greatconjunction" from the Moon. This is a phenomenon when Jupiter and Saturn are closer to each other than in the last 800 years. The planets from Earth looked like they were one bright double star.

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