Photo: Sky Show Tuesday: Four Moons to Sweep Across Saturn

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Saturn's largest moon Titan chases its shadow across the planet's face in a Hubble image taken in August 1995.

On February 24 four of Saturn's moons will sweep across Saturn's face in the first such transit since 1996.

Image courtesy NASA

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