Hypothetical: Saturn with and without rings
A hypothetical view of Saturn (with its moon Titan) with and without rings. This illustrates Benjamin Zuckerman's analogy for TYC 8241 2652: "It's as if the rings around Saturn had disappeared."
Gemini image of Saturn (with rings) obtained using the Near-Infrared Imager (NIRI) on Gemini North with the Altair adaptive optics system.
(Image alteration by Joy Pollard/Gemini Observatory/AURA)