Saturn's Ring disappeared' on November 7 and observers report that it was quite invisible on November 8, though one was able to say that he saw it as a line across the ball of the planet, with traces of its shadow. On some later dates observers were not able to see the ring exterior to the planet, but towards the end of the month the whole of its outline came faintly into view, with certain exceptional spots known as condensations.
The reason of ''Saturn's Ring" being invisible is that the planet is now at such a position in its orbit that we on the earth are looking at the side of the ring-plane, which is not illuminated by the sun, and should therefore be invisible. Observers, however, are reporting that the appendage has been: easily seen during December, doubtless because of the filtering of the sun-light through the particles of which it is composed.
The earth was in the ring-plane again on February 22, and the apparent breadth of the ring decreased up to that date, but for a period after that the illuminated side was presented to the earth. This crucial epoch in Saturn's revolution brings with it phenomena of the satellites, which is of interest to telescopic observers.
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