OPAL Saturn Observations – August 2024

This is a time-lapse movie of a Hubble Space Telescope set of images taken of Saturn in August 2024. In the 18 hours of observations several small icy moons are visible in every frame speeding around like race cars: Dione, Enceladus, Janus, Mimas, and Tethys. Their orbits are co-planar with Saturn's magnificent rings. Dusty "spokes" in the rings can also be seen rotating around the planet in this movie. These images were taken under a Hubble program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy).