For my fellow nerds- You know who you are!!!

[Mikester]

Saturn is just about at opposition (best possible viewing). Shot this around midnight last night thru my telescope:

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Roughly 1,500 frames of raw footage that I will later process into a single, stacked image.

With the planet-cam hooked up to my computer, I get to sit, drink beer & watch it in real time:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8392/8680912041_6788561cc6_b_d.jpg


If you have even a pair of decent binoculars, or a cheap-o backyard scope, you should give Saturn a look- definitely a sight you won't forget! It rises in the east/southeast at sunset and sets at sunrise- right now it is trailing just behind the moon on approximately the same plane.

[tdaffern]

That's pretty awesome

[KiLLeR2001]

Hmm, telescope or car parts...

edit:

Damnit, its cloudy and the sky is too bright to see anything but the moon... :(

edit2:

Snapped a picture with the Canon T2i. I'm pretty sure this is Saturn, was the only dot in the sky that I didn't really recognize. The bright light in the bottom right corner is the moon.

Warning... Big image: http://tehl33tsite.com/images/saturn042513.jpg

[fliprayzin240sx]

I wonder if I can even see it with all the fucking light pollution around me.

[Mikester]

Hmm, telescope or car parts...

edit:

Damnit, its cloudy and the sky is too bright to see anything but the moon... :(

edit2:

Snapped a picture with the Canon T2i. I'm pretty sure this is Saturn, was the only dot in the sky that I didn't really recognize. The bright light in the bottom right corner is the moon.

Warning... Big image: http://tehl33tsite.com/images/saturn042513.jpg

Yup- Saturn was running pretty much neck and neck with the moon tonight- Put that puppy on a tripod and you'll nag it!

[Mikester]

Stacked from vid... Almost done w/processing:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/8690020994_afde06e8c1_o_d.png

[zombiewolf513]

That's cool, wish I could see it but it's too cloudy. I'll tune into the streaming feed at 930

[S14DB]

Speaking of Saturn...

Saturn's Harrowing Hurricane Is Even More Terrifying in Technicolor (http://gizmodo.com/saturns-harrowing-hurricane-is-even-more-terrifying-in-484703372)

[STL240SXDRIFT]

http://sofiaglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cassini-probe-saturn-hurricane-photo-nasa-e1367265099689.jpg

1,250 miles wide....WHAT!!! Pretty cool tho

[milto0n]

Indubitably, quite shallow and pedantic.

[2tonecoupegrl]

Very cool!

[Mikester]

Indubitably, quite shallow and pedantic.

Ah, I see what you did there~

[TougeLove]

Indubitably, quite shallow and pedantic.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Gizmo_S13]

That's awesome.