SATURN WHEN?

[LITTLE COL]

Hi every one , does anybody now when i can expect to be able to view saturn and its rings , as i don't know and really can't wait for my first view!!

also my scope is below and hope that viewing with this will be good

http://www.skywatchertelescope.net/13065.html

many thanks for your help col

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[GordonCopestake]

you dont need a huge telescope to see saturns rings, in fact they are just about visible in a pair of binoculars. If you are up early in the morning (5am ish) you should be able to see it low in the east. It slowly rises as the weeks progress and gets higher at the same time of night each day. It wont be in a "good" position till about february/march, but you can see it way before then late at night/early morning. Hard to miss, very bright.

Use a planetarium program like http://www.stellarium.org/ to see where he is at what time

[SteelRat]

If you can stay up long enough it's up there now in the morning (just before sun up so be careful) - copped a glimpse with my x12 binos bout a couple of weeks ago. Just watch out for the pliades followed by orion followed by gemini and then... Saturn!!! Yay! Give it another couple of months before decent viewing though. I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure it's still a long way from us yet. Better to wait for us to catch up with it abit. Hope you enjoy your first look - it really is the showcase - was the first thing I ever looked at and had me hooked, totally.

[gsjag]

Just downloaded the planetarium program suggested. Well impressed!

[LITTLE COL]

cheers guys i will keep you posted when it arrives in my view , just going to check that link out now

many thanks ,the people in this forum are brill as you get answers from a few different angles , proffesionals you are.

col

[Astroman]

I know it's a challenge, (because I've done it myself), but you can see Saturn during the day, if you know where to look. I use the Sun as a callibrator, then turn to the planet's coordinates. It's possible to see all of the unaided eye planets in daylight. Mars is the most challenging.

[Zeffer]

Well I never knew that! If I had a goto scope would it lock onto the planets during the day?

[Astroman]

I imagine it would, but daytime alignment with a goto is problematical. I've seen GOTO's sit idle while I find Jupiter in twilight at Grand Canyon, so....??

[FLO]

An astronomer I know with a 14" Meade LX200 gps says he can find and observe planets during the daytime 8)

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

I imagine it would, but daytime alignment with a goto is problematical. I've seen GOTO's sit idle while I find Jupiter in twilight at Grand Canyon, so....??

So you just align it in the dark, go to bed and when you get up in the afternoon its still tracking. All you need to do is train the wife to sit out all night to make sure nobody steals it.

Captain Chaos

[Astroman]

"Train the wife".... Yeah right. Easier to herd cats.

[Ant]

"Train the wife".... Yeah right. Easier to herd cats.

Nice one Astroman! Very true

You will not forget your first view of Saturn, ever.

Ant

[Zeffer]

I remember seeing Saturn through my birding bins and realising that I could just about make out rings. That's why I now own a scope and I can't wait for the opportunity to see Saturn through it.

[FLO]

Saturn thru your Skymax 127 will be a sight to savour 8)

[OXO]

Saturn thru your Skymax 127 will be a sight to savour

It sure will observed Saturn last year with the same scope truely wonderful with a 10mm EP and 2xBarlow on good nights seeing.....

James

[Zeffer]

I am seriously looking forward to it!

Maybe I need that Meade 6.4mm....