The Sky Today on Sunday, August 10: Iapetus stands north of Saturn

Saturn’s two-toned moon Iapetus stands 1.5′ north of the ringed planet early this morning, shining around 11th magnitude. Spending much of its time far from Saturn, Iapetus rotates in lockstep with its orbit, so that its magnitude changes throughout its orbit as its brighter or darker hemisphere faces us. When it is north or southContinue reading “The Sky Today on Sunday, August 10: Iapetus stands north of Saturn”
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