Hi All,
Just a reminder that people should try and spend the next few weeks/months getting a good look at Saturn.
The last time I saw Saturn appear as it does now, I was a teenager
at high school. It was 1980-81.
I remember seeing the rings disappear for about a week in my first
telescope (before we built an 8" Newt)
This only happens every 29 years so it's worth a look!
Like everything in my/our busy lifestyles, this one could easily slip
past my radar...as did the Smiley face event a few weeks back.
I've searched a few sites for a specific time and date for minimum
ring angle and found an explanation of what happens in the next
few weeks:
http://www.visualastronomy.com/2008/...y-edge-on.html
Perhaps Trevor B could chime in here.....
Trev, do you know any specific dates/times of the following weeks
we should look out for?
This is one of those once or twice in a lifetime events.
Get yourself outside folks!
