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szeik@hotmail.com

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:27 pm

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Hi,

We got our son a telescope for Christmas and I've been trying to find
Saturn since I have fond memories of looking at that planet through my
own boyhood telescope.

So far I have not been able to locate it. Not sure if it is visible
at the moment.

We are in New Jersey.

I would appreciate any feedback on where we might find Saturn in the
sky this time of year, or any other interesting things to look at in
the sky besides the moon. It's not a great telescope, but it seems
right up there with the one I had as a kid!

Thanks in advance for any feedback,
Steve

Brian Tung

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:27 pm

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szeik@hotmail.com wrote:

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We got our son a telescope for Christmas and I've been trying to find
Saturn since I have fond memories of looking at that planet through my
own boyhood telescope.

So far I have not been able to locate it. Not sure if it is visible
at the moment.

Should be. It rises in early evening and is highest in the sky about
midnight. However, it should still be easily visible well before then.

These days, it is in the constellation of Leo the Lion, where it appears
as the brightest "star," in front of Regulus, the brightest genuine star
in the constellation. You'll need a magnification of at least 50x or so
in order to see the rings distinctly; it'll be easier with 100x.

Make sure that your finder is properly aligned with the main telescope
by sighting a daytime object.

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Space Traveler

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:33 pm

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On Feb 5, 12:27 pm, "s...@hotmail.com" <s...@hotmail.com> wrote:

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See if this is of any help:

http://www.earthsky.org/article/51004/give-me-5-minutes-ill-give-you-saturn

Kurtis

Sam Wormley

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:39 pm

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szeik@hotmail.com wrote:

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Wait till this evening. Saturn is near opposition, so that means it
rises near sunset and is high overhead about midnight. Allow Saturn
to rise a good 30 degrees (2-3 hours) for better viewing, say around
8:30-9pm local time. Look east and up about 30-35 degrees above the
eastern horizon.

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We are in New Jersey.

I would appreciate any feedback on where we might find Saturn in the
sky this time of year, or any other interesting things to look at in
the sky besides the moon. It's not a great telescope, but it seems
right up there with the one I had as a kid!

Thanks in advance for any feedback,
Steve

John Nichols

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:07 pm

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"Sam Wormley" <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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szeik@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi,

We got our son a telescope for Christmas and I've been trying to find
Saturn since I have fond memories of looking at that planet through my
own boyhood telescope.

So far I have not been able to locate it. Not sure if it is visible
at the moment.

Wait till this evening. Saturn is near opposition, so that means it
rises near sunset and is high overhead about midnight. Allow Saturn
to rise a good 30 degrees (2-3 hours) for better viewing, say around
8:30-9pm local time. Look east and up about 30-35 degrees above the
eastern horizon.

To add to that, make that southeast when you look. It's pretty bright right

now, about magnitude 0.0.

John Banister

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:35 pm

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Go out tonight (Tuesday) and look directly east at 8:30 p.m. It should be
about 30 degrees above the horizon and the brightest "spot" in that part of
the sky. (Until the moon rises about an hour later, of course. <G>) Saturn
looks slightly yellow while most of the other stars look white.

-John

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Davoud

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:37 pm

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szeik@hotmail.com:

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Go outside at 9:00 P.M.

Scrape the frost off your eyeballs.

Look east by southeast. Saturn will be very bright and about 40 degrees
above the horizon. Don't confuse it with Sirius, which is the very
bright star that will be almost due south of your position at 9:00 P.M.

Scrape the frost off your eyeballs.

Enjoy!

Davoud

"She'll see it later, honey. Her eyes are frozen." - Ellen (Beverly
D'Angelo) in /Christmas/ /Vacation/ .

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Starlord

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:07 pm

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It's to the east after dark.

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universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the
Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be
brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the
heavens.

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laura halliday

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:33 pm

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On Feb 5, 10:27 am, "s...@hotmail.com" <s...@hotmail.com> wrote:

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Try Sky and Telesope's online star chart thingy
(http://www.skyandtelescope.com, click on
Interactive Sky Chart).

In the early evening (2000 local time) there are a handful
of brightish stars in the east, north of Orion. Saturn is one
of them. Even in a finder scope or binoculars, Saturn's yellow
colour is a dead giveaway.

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:04 am

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Steve,

Forgive me if you are already doing this but it doesn't sound like it.

Here are some good websites:

Sky & Telescope:

http://skytonight.com/

Lot's of great information & help with objects to look at & a sky
chart too.

Don't forget to purchase a copy of Sky & Telescope at your local big
bookstore like
Barnes & Noble or B Daltons.

Astronomy Magazine:

http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx

Mostly geared toward the beginning astronomer and don't forget to
purchase Astronomy Magazine again at your local bookstore.

Here is another great site...

Spaceweather.com

http://spaceweather.com/

Space.com

http://www.space.com/news/

I know these will help you:)

Also, don't forget to google Astronomy Clubs as there may be
one not too far from you.

Guest

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:55 am

On Feb 6, 7:27 am, "s...@hotmail.com" <s...@hotmail.com> wrote:

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In addition to the advice from others you will find it really useful
to obtain a planetarium program that you can run on your PC. These
programs get you to specify your location (they have most major cities
built in but will accept latitude and longitude if your location is
not listed). You then tell it what date and time and it will display a
map of the sky for your location and time on the screen. You can pan
around, zoom in, find named objects and lots more. There are a number
of commercial programs that are excellent but I recommend the freeware
one called Sky Charts or Cartes Du Ciel. You can download it from this
website:

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/

A new release version 3 is in beta testing but the version 2.76 you
can download from the the above site is just fine. You want to make
sure you select the full version which gives you the basic star
catalogues as well. If you get really keen you can download other
catalogues like Tycho II which has data for millions of stars.

These sort of programs are a very good aid to learning your way around
the sky.

Bill

Dave

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:18 pm

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See if this is of any help:

http://www.earthsky.org/article/51004/give-me-5-minutes-ill-give-you-saturn

Kurtis

I was about to explain how to find it, but the above link says it as well as
I could have.

Dave

Eugene Griessel

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:25 pm

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"Dave" <pleasereplytonewsgroup@shaw.ca> wrote:

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See if this is of any help:

http://www.earthsky.org/article/51004/give-me-5-minutes-ill-give-you-saturn

Kurtis

I was about to explain how to find it, but the above link says it as well as
I could have.

Went out last night and it hit one right in the eye - bright and even
slightly elongate to the naked eye.

Eugene L Griessel

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
-- Walter Bilbey

dogman

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:16 am

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On Feb 5, 1:27 pm, "s...@hotmail.com" <s...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Quote:

Hi,

We got our son a telescope for Christmas and I've been trying to find
Saturn since I have fond memories of looking at that planet through my
own boyhood telescope.

So far I have not been able to locate it. Not sure if it is visible
at the moment.

We are in New Jersey.
I would appreciate any feedback on where we might find Saturn in the
sky this time of year, or any other interesting things to look at in
the sky besides the moon. It's not a great telescope, but it seems
right up there with the one I had as a kid!

Thanks in advance for any feedback,
Steve

I don't know but whats this
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s185/joseph1958/saturn26-42.jpg

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