https://twitter.com/mars_stu/status/1509784017578729473
He's right about this only occuring on April 1st - that's when Saturn's inferior ascending node crosses the plane of Earth's superior sidereal saros cycle.
Full Version: transit of Saturn
This is a day late, but I just noticed that Stuart Atkinson, regular UMSF poster from the old days, did a great job capturing yesterday's (extremely rare) transit of Saturn across the sun:
https://twitter.com/mars_stu/status/1509784017578729473
He's right about this only occuring on April 1st - that's when Saturn's inferior ascending node crosses the plane of Earth's superior sidereal saros cycle.
https://twitter.com/mars_stu/status/1509784017578729473
He's right about this only occuring on April 1st - that's when Saturn's inferior ascending node crosses the plane of Earth's superior sidereal saros cycle.
That was a bit of genius pranking from the inestimable Mars Stu. 
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