The September night sky
by Alan Pickup from on (#30ET8)
The event of the month will take place at Saturn on 15 September, when Cassini is due to plunge to its destruction in the planet's atmosphere
In a month when half the entries in our Diary concern planets that stand low in our E pre-dawn sky, the highlight is the dramatic conclusion to the Cassini mission at Saturn. Almost twenty years since its launch and thirteen since it arrived at its target world, the spacecraft is due to plunge to its destruction in the Saturnian atmosphere on the 15th.