rusirius

We had a three hour long window in the clouds last night and I managed to catch Saturn low on the horizon just a few minutes before it clouded over. Unfortunately there was a lot of atmospheric disturbance, but it was interesting to see the rings almost edge on and looking like a straight line. Ths was quite different to a year ago when they were more open to us and you could see the Cassini division. I read recently that when the rings close up fully, you can see other moons like specs of light. As it was I could see Titan and I thought I could just make out Rhea. I couldn't see any other moons though although according to Stellarium they would have overlapped the ring plane.

Anyone know how many moons can be seen with an amateur back yard scope?