The greatest reactions I've gotten when letting folks look through the telescopes is when they get their first live views of Saturn. I've been accused of pasting a photo in the telescope.

Saturn can indeed look that clear through my 8in telescope & Televue eyepiece, but only if the conditions are just right. Most of the time, the stars are kind of blurry and Saturn is just as …

Feb 5, 2023 · Saturn is such an uncanny valley planet. It looks like cgi. Like a college student's abstract art project. Imagine the first person who saw Saturn through a telescope. "Ummm you …

Sep 17, 2023 · Here is Saturn with its three largest moons Titan, Rhea, and Iapetus from a few weeks ago. Saturn was at opposition-- it was at the point in its orbit when it's brightest and …

Jan 24, 2024 · If your telescope has a finderscope, align the finder and the main scope during the day on a distant object. Use low power when searching for things. Low power gives you a …

Apr 30, 2022 · Saw Saturn for the first time with my own eyes through a high powered telescope last fall. Seeing these kind of pictures makes me want to scream, It REALLY does look like that!

Aug 27, 2023 · It makes me laugh though because I took an astronomy lab in college and one assignment was to observe Saturn through the school’s 50cm (I think) telescope. Despite …

Jul 10, 2022 · Saturn is bright, Jupiter is actually distractingly bright through a telescope. You can see them even during dawn, when most other stars are already gone. Reply reply Classic-Tiny •

Every time I look at Saturn through the telescope it almost looks fake, like the lighting and shadow look exactly like if you were using artificial lighting or something. For some reason that makes …

Oct 9, 2022 · I spent ~$200 on a 5” reflector telescope that came with a tripod and mount. Through the eye piece I can see the rings on Saturn, some of the coloration bands on Jupiter, …