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The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)

Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 292

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Fig. 295. the inner satellites, Mimas and Enceladus, which at othertimes are obscured by the brilliancy of the ring. … Fig. 296. ■ Fig. 295 shows a phase of the ring intermediate betweenthe last two. When the planet has moved ninety degrees farther, we 266 ASTRONOMY. again see the ring at an angle of twenty-seven degrees; butnow it is the lower or southern side which is visible. Whenit has moved ninety degrees…

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