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我们再往下看两张图,你就会大致明白其中的差距:
Drawing by Johann Franz Encke in May of 1837 using a 9.6" refractor showing the broad, low contrast feature in the on the northern face in the middle of the A-Ring that is now called the Encke Minima. Saturn was at opposition that month, but it was relatively low in the sky in the constellation of Libra with a declination of -13� and an altitude of 27�. Saturn's equatorial diameter was 18.64", and its polar diameter was 16.63".
上面这张图是恩克于1837年用一台9.6英寸约24.5厘米口径的折射望远镜观测后画出的图,记住,图中恩克极小区位于A环中心(卡缝以外为A环)
Drawing of Saturn by William Lassell in December 1850 showing the Encke Division and Crepe Ring.
William Dawes was able to see the Encke Division using his 6-1/3" f/16 Merz & Mahler refractor. On November 23, 1850, he noted that with a magnification of 425x he "Sometimes suspected that the outer ring had a short and narrow line upon it near its extremity." He wondered if perhaps the division in the outer ring was becoming visible again, and made a note to ask William Lassell to look for it.
The next day he received a letter from Lassell indicating he had seen the division again. On November 25 Dawes noted that with a magnification of 282x "I was satisfied that, in the finest moments, a very narrow and short line was visible on the outer ring near its extremities; which was confirmed with power 425x." On November 29 he saw the division again, occasionally at 323x, but far more certainly with 460x. The magnification he used during these observing sessions works out to be between 45x and 73x per inch of aperture.
上面这张是William Lassell 在1850年用一台 6-1/3" f/16 折射镜观测得到的图,在425X下。换成厘米是16.2厘米口径,2.6米焦距。
我们可以看到,这个恩缝的位置与上图有极明显的区别。
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