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Saturn on 5-15-10...Did I see?
Saturn on 5-15-10...Did I see a ring shadow?I was looking at 171x with an
XT10.I had some shimmer but Im sure I had seen the shadow of the rings...Is this passable?
Wally
(Edit) What an amazing sight,I will be looking for this every time I look at Saturn
3 Answers
- GeoffGLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes, probably you did. I saw it a few weeks ago with my 11-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain at 175x. It looked like a thin black line drawn across the disk of Saturn.
- bradxschumanLv 61 decade ago
Most likely yes...its not difficult to see the rings' shadow on the planet when they're tiltied at a convenient angle.
- skywatchLv 41 decade ago
yes,saturn and jurpiter is very cool to look at,I like wacthing the moons of jurpiter change from nite to nite.
