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    • Seth of Lagos
      Seth of Lagos last edited by Seth of Lagos

      For me in the Netherlands, Saturn is about to reach opposition in about 15 minutes and it's a crisp, clear night so good viewing conditions.

      Opposition means that the Sun, Earth, and planet in question all line up (a gorgeous word for this is syzygy) so it's generally the closest and brightest we ever get to see it.

      Easy to find this time. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, the brightest thing in the southern sky at the moment is Jupiter, low in the sky and pretty well due south at midnight. Saturn is the not-quite-as-bright golden 'star' just a little to the left.

      Way over to the left at the same time is Mars rising in the East.

      Off to have a look!

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      • Dr GO
        Dr GO last edited by Dr GO

        I have a moon rising about 4:49 am, which soon transitions into a meatier shower to hydrate the aperture so noted, radiating from the thin layer of silver spayed onto a sheet of glass (otherwise know a mirror) mounted on an adjacent body (the sink).

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        • Dr GO
          Dr GO last edited by

          Clearly, heavenly bodies abound!

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          • Dale Proctor
            Dale Proctor last edited by

            I bought a fairly inexpensive telescope years ago, and looking at the rings of Saturn through it for the first time was quite a thrill. Same goes for the major features on Jupiter and its moons.

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            • Dr GO
              Dr GO last edited by

              Seriously Seth and Dale, I am so envious of the both of you to have the amazing equipment to view these planets. How thrilling it must be to see the details of what I can only see as a speck of light!

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              • Seth of Lagos
                Seth of Lagos @Dr GO last edited by

                @Dr-GO my viewing equipment is a pair of contact lenses!

                Jupiter's just about to set (4:30 CEST here) in the West and Venus is just rising above the dawn horizon, so they're all in a line: Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter. 😀

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                • Dale Proctor
                  Dale Proctor @Seth of Lagos last edited by

                  @Seth-of-Lagos said in Saturn:

                  @Dr-GO my viewing equipment is a pair of contact lenses!

                  Jupiter's just about to set (4:30 CEST here) in the West and Venus is just rising above the dawn horizon, so they're all in a line: Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter. 😀

                  Well, to our perspective, they’re always in a line (the ecliptic), but not always close together.

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                  • Seth of Lagos
                    Seth of Lagos @Dale Proctor last edited by

                    @Dale-Proctor said in Saturn:

                    @Seth-of-Lagos said in Saturn:

                    @Dr-GO my viewing equipment is a pair of contact lenses!

                    Jupiter's just about to set (4:30 CEST here) in the West and Venus is just rising above the dawn horizon, so they're all in a line: Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter. 😀

                    Well, to our perspective, they’re always in a line (the ecliptic), but not always close together.

                    True. But don't forget, I'm used to the ecliptic being overhead so it's all a bit novel for me.
                    The same view from our South facing balcony in Lagos before we left in February was the line up of Fomalhaut, Achernar and Canopus.

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                    • barliman2001
                      barliman2001 Global Moderator last edited by

                      We've got 10/10 cloud cover here...

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                      • Kehaulani
                        Kehaulani @Seth of Lagos last edited by

                        @Seth-of-Lagos said in Saturn:
                        @Dr-GO my viewing equipment is a pair of contact lenses!

                        Jupiter's just about to set (4:30 CEST here) in the West and Venus is just rising above the dawn horizon, so they're all in a line: Venus, etc.

                        Ah yes, Venus.

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                        • Seth of Lagos
                          Seth of Lagos last edited by

                          Entirely coincidentally, I was doing a quick shop yesterday and spotted a type of flattened peach I don't recall seeing before. Googled it this morning, and apparently it's called a Saturn peach.

                          So I have the next rung on life's ambitions: to watch Saturn while eating a Saturn peach on a Satur(n)day.

                          Shouldn't have too much difficulty finding the appropriate saturnine expression. That comes naturally.

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                          • barliman2001
                            barliman2001 Global Moderator @Seth of Lagos last edited by

                            @Seth-of-Lagos This type of peach is called a "vineyard peach" here in Austria, and is a much sought-after commodity.

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                            • Seth of Lagos
                              Seth of Lagos last edited by

                              There's no way I can see them, but I thought I'd check the current positions of the outer planets out of curiosity using https://theskylive.com/planetarium.

                              Turns out that Uranus and Neptune are a tad East and West of Mars respectively, and even Pluto is out there nestling between Saturn and Jupiter.

                              So when Mercury rises around 4:30 am, all eight of them are going to be in the night sky at once, which is a pretty rare event.

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                              • Vulgano Brother
                                Vulgano Brother @Kehaulani last edited by

                                @Kehaulani said in Saturn:

                                Ah yes, Venus.

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                                • administrator
                                  administrator Global Moderator last edited by

                                  I heard a story of a crocodile that lived in the Berlin Zoo during the Nazi Germany era. After the end of the war, somehow the Soviets ended up with the animal, which only recently died. It was considered the last "German POW."

                                  The crocodile's name? Saturn. True story.

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