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Saturn LIVE❕ #TelescopeSessions This sequence shows ak.astrophoto ‘s smartphone pressed gently against the telescope’s eyepiece — showing Saturn just as it appears to the human eye. The video ends with @qaoma14 ‘s zoomed image of the planet showing the beautiful features of the lord of the rings. Equipment used: 🔭 : @sky_watcher_official 130/900 eq-2 with eq-2 motor @svbony 68° 6mm UltraWide eyepiece svbony sv136 3x barlow lens Have you ever seen 🪐 through a telescope? If so, What did you feel

TONIGHT — catch Saturn before it vanishes for weeks. The ringed planet sits low in the western sky just after sunset, sinking closer to the horizon each night. By late January, Saturn will slip behind the Sun and disappear from view until spring. Tonight might be your last clear shot to see those rings through a telescope before they're gone. Look west around 6 p.m., find the brightest steady light above the ocean, and you're looking at a world with storms wider than Earth. Will you watch it set

Saturn is nearly 1.4 billion kilometers away from Earth, yet its rings are still visible through a telescope 🪐 Those rings are not solid. They are made of countless pieces of ice and rock, from tiny grains to massive chunks, all orbiting the planet in a thin, flat disk that reflects sunlight extremely well. Saturn is also surrounded by 146 confirmed moons, more than any other planet in our solar system 🌕 Some are small and irregular, while others like Titan are enormous worlds with their own a