Tag: opposition
Aug 18th: Saturn at Opposition

Aug 18th: Saturn at Opposition

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Today @ActualAstronomy will discuss about how to find Saturn and what you can see with your eye, binoculars and a small telescope. Also the Rings and gaps in the rings, the Seelinger effect which brightens the rings around this time as well as the Moons of Saturn.

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Jul 7th: Observing With Webb in July 2018

Jun 2nd: Observing With Webb in June 2018

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June is more exciting than normal, by providing us a chance to see all the naked eye planets by month’s end, lunar close encounters with all but Mercury, and an especially close one with Saturn (only 1˚!), with most planets visible for long periods of the night. So get out your scope and try to find all the planets in one night!

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