View Saturn Through a Telescope: A Noob's Guide

[Eats Dirt]

hi I am an astronomy nooby and i am trying to find saturn in my telescope, i don't know what seasons it is visible in, can someone help :D?

 

[Janus]

Where are you located? If you are in the US, looking SW, Saturn is about 25° to the right of the Moon, around local midnight.

 

[Eats Dirt]

Where are you located? If you are in the US, looking SW, Saturn is about 25° to the right of the Moon, around local midnight.

Oh hi sorry i am in southern ontario :P ill look for it thank you!

 

[yenchin]

Get a computerized star chart, such as Stellarium: http://www.stellarium.org/.

 

[Drakkith]

If you have a smart phone, download Google Skymap or something similar. It is VERY easy to use and makes finding things a breeze.

If you go outside at about 11 PM tonight and look to the Southwest, you should see a bright Orange star, Arcturus. Directly below it are two fainter stars about halfway between Arcturus and the horizon. They should also be an orangeish color. The star on the right is actually Saturn while the one on the left is Spica. Saturn is getting lower and lower and by summers end will not be visible anymore.

 

[Oldfart]

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/123758314.html

This site is pretty useful. They are showing a map tonight that locates Saturn.