Saturn Rising

by asimov (View the forum thread)

The ringed planet, Saturn, is rising in the East around midnight during the first half of February, getting earlier each day until the end of the month when it will be rising by 11pm. Saturn always makes a great target for visual and photographic observations and there's nothing better than the "wow" you hear when people first see Saturn through a telescope. Saturn reaches opposition on 28th April at an altitude of 68deg (based on Sydney latitudes). Captured with a C11 scope and DBK618 camera.