quimby44 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Is Saturn viewable in the early mornings in the Doncaster area I thought I saw it but was very blurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Rises about 3.30, download Stellarium to see more accurate times / direction. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighty2112 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Yes. Here's a screen shot from Stellarium for 5:30am tomorrow morning. Saturn is nearly due south, along with Mars also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.h.f.wilkinson Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 It is very low at the moment, so blurry it will appear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzyt66 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I live between Donny and Barnsley and have had 2 recent great views of Saturn. Look SEish around 5am - it should be enough off the horizon for a decent view. I have seen it through my ST80 - very small with a 6mm Ortho ep but the rings are clearly visible. With my 150p Dob I got a great view with same ep. I've attached a pic I did with my phone through the ep so you can see what to expect - the view by eye was far better..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quimby44 Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 15 hours ago, Dazzyt66 said: I live between Donny and Barnsley and have had 2 recent great views of Saturn. Look SEish around 5am - it should be enough off the horizon for a decent view. I have seen it through my ST80 - very small with a 6mm Ortho ep but the rings are clearly visible. With my 150p Dob I got a great view with same ep. I've attached a pic I did with my phone through the ep so you can see what to expect - the view by eye was far better..? That's what I saw but was blurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudropb Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Still low, but will not get much higher. You need a morning with good seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGazing Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 13 deg is low in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Sadly it is low at the moment but that will improve as the year goes on. A crisp view of the planets is a sight to behold!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzyt66 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Let's also remember that Saturn is a LONG way away from Earth (over a billion km) so to see it from your back garden is truly amazing to me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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