spotted...something

[oldnut]

tried out my scope last night, just kept pointing it at every shiny thing in the sky. after about an hour I pointed it at another shiny object and it was a planet with rings, I am guesing Saturn. it was at about midnight and fairly low in the sky, due south-ish. not very accurate I know but can anyone confirm if it was Saturn I would have spotted my first planet

[JB80]

If it had rings the you found Saturn.

Congrats on your first planet!

[nightfisher]

Yes sounds just right for Saturn

[acp]

Congrats! I was staring at Saturn through my binoculars yesterday night.

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[cutepetgroomer]

I was viewing Saturn as well with a vivitar scope I found at a thrift store. Then I went to my favorite new scope as well. I saw a total of three planets. Mars Saturn and Neptune. Saturn has the most apparent rings . Other planets have rings as well just not as visible as Saturn.

[nameunknown]

If it had rings the you found Saturn.

Congrats on your first planet!

Surely his second ... I find that earth is really easy to spot

Still - my first sight of Saturn and its rings through a scope was what really got me hooked as a kid.  I'd seen Jove and his line-dance of moons before, as well as the bright pepper scattered plieads and the smudge of andromeda. But "first Saturn" is, I guess, always an epiphany.

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[Schorhr]

Neat, check out the free http://stellarium.org/

[oldnut]

just downloaded it, looks like I will be able to find my way around now, I even noticed it shows satellites, think I saw a few zipping about very difficult to catch with the scope!

[Schorhr]

Yeah, it is hard at high magnifications, a few managed to manually track the ISS though :-)

[ronl]

If you want to see the ISS click on the link http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/view.cfm?country=United_Kingdom&region=England&city=Chester# and put in your nearest location,

the timings are usually spot on, my location is Chester, just take that off and click on yours,

it's not coming my way for a while, but when it does I always give them a wave. Once you 

have set your location bookmark it, it keeps your settings for next time.

[Rapidray]

That is great! It is my favorite planet to watch.