When does Saturn rise at the moment?

iceman (Mike) · #1 21-02-2010, 09:49 PM

I haven't got any sky chart software on this laptop at the moment

Can someone please tell me when Saturn rises tonight, and what time it passes overhead for Sydney area.

Thanks!

kinetic (Steve) · #2 21-02-2010, 09:53 PM

9:13pm and 03:05 according to SNBY Mike,
right over the deep end of my pool...

[1ponders] (Paul) · #3 21-02-2010, 09:53 PM

round about 20:10 Mike

[1ponders] (Paul) · #4 21-02-2010, 09:54 PM

sorry forgot about that strange clock you have south of the boarder. the one that runs an hour fast

21:10

pgc hunter · #5 21-02-2010, 09:55 PM

For Sydney, it rises at 9.07pm and culminates at 3.10am. This is from Cartes Du Ciel.

Dennis · #6 21-02-2010, 10:09 PM

Hi Mike

I just set The Sky for Sydney for the attached screen print. The dialog box for Saturn shows the rise and transit times as 21:07pm and 03:10am respectively.

I did not enter that you guys are AEST + 1hr, so I’m not sure if The Sky needs to be told this, or whether it has already factored it in?

Cheers

Dennis

mithrandir (Andrew) · #7 21-02-2010, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dennis

Hi Mike

I just set The Sky for Sydney for the attached screen print. The dialog box for Saturn shows the rise and transit times as 21:07pm and 03:10am respectively.

I did not enter that you guys are AEST + 1hr, so I’m not sure if The Sky needs to be told this, or whether it has already factored it in?

Cheers

Dennis

When you picked Sydney as the location it chose AEDT for the timezone, so as long as the rules are correct the times will be right for Sydney. Wait and see if it gets it right for the last week of March and the first week of April.

kinetic (Steve) · #8 22-02-2010, 04:43 PM

and a thanks would have been nice, right guys?

iceman (Mike) · #9 22-02-2010, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kinetic

and a thanks would have been nice, right guys?

lol thanks Steve, I went to bed right after posting.

I set the alarm for 1:45am, went outside and was met by clouds

So I went back to bed.

Thanks for the responses! I'm going to install Stellarium and give it a try.

mithrandir (Andrew) · #10 22-02-2010, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

lol thanks Steve, I went to bed right after posting.

I set the alarm for 1:45am, went outside and was met by clouds

So I went back to bed.

Thanks for the responses! I'm going to install Stellarium and give it a try.

I find CdC gives more useful information but without much of the eye candy, and isn't as demanding on video.

Dave47tuc (David) · #11 22-02-2010, 07:40 PM

Fuuny ? how about a year book? no need to power it up just flick to the right page.

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

I haven't got any sky chart software on this laptop at the moment

Can someone please tell me when Saturn rises tonight, and what time it passes overhead for Sydney area.

Thanks!

[1ponders] (Paul) · #12 22-02-2010, 09:12 PM

That's what Astronomy 2010 is for Mike. Surely you have one lying about somewhere?

iceman (Mike) · #13 23-02-2010, 05:15 AM

hmm I could've dug it up and found it but I was outside at the time

Liz · #14 23-02-2010, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [1ponders]

That's what Astronomy 2010 is for Mike. Surely you have one lying about somewhere?

Yes, Stellarium is great, never had any worries with it ... quick and easy.

Outbackmanyep · #15 25-02-2010, 04:54 PM

As far as i am concerned, with the cloud i am experiencing, Saturn should rise about 12 hours before it sets......