Posted on 07/09/2019 6:42:00 AM PDT by C19fan
uly will be a great month to view the rings of Saturn. You can see them in any telescope that magnifies to at least 20 power, but the larger the aperture and the sharper the image, the more detail you can make out.
Tonight (July 9), Saturn is at opposition, when it lies on the opposite side of the sky from the sun. This is also when the planet's apparent size is greatest and it puts on an all-night performance with greatest gleam, shining at magnitude +0.1. Compared to the 21 brightest stars, Saturn would rank seventh, just a shade dimmer than similarly hued Capella in Auriga, the charioteer, and a trifle brighter than blue-white Rigel in Orion, the hunter.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
partly cloudy with a 30% chance of rain here tonight
I’ll watch as long as the biting bugs let me.
It was once speculated that the rings were comprised of lost airline luggage....
Here in humid hazy cloudy coastal NE it’s hard to see anything beside clouds.
Great... Every time someone announces an astronomical event it clouds up around here. Every time.
*another Saturn article ping*
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