Great Views Of Saturn

rehannan writes "Saturn is now a mere 750 million miles from earth; the closest point in it's 30-year orbit. Saturn's rings are facing earth this time around, which should make for some pretty good views. For more details, check out Space.com or the CNN article."

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Re:Numbskulls.

[CanSpice]

Do you expect to see Saturn's rings face-on? The view of the rings changes from year to year, as you've implied. However, at no point do we ever see the rings directly face-on. At most we'd see them tipped about 28 degrees towards us, not the 90 you'd expect if they were directly face-on.

great way to get some nice shots of saturn

[evacuate_the_bull]

webcam astronomy

this guy has great instructions on how to "mod" your telescope for a webcam addition as well as documentation on how best to capture these images.

this chance comes along about once a lifetime, take advantage of it!