PSA:Watch Saturn Shine on Friday, No Equipment Required.

[elleng]

'Our solar system’s “Lord of the Rings” will be at opposition starting the early morning hours of Friday, meaning it will align with Earth and the sun. This arrangement will provide amateur astronomers with one of their best opportunities this year to see the butterscotch beauty with the naked eye.

It will be visible all night, rising at the exact point in the sky opposite where the sun sets. Saturn reaches opposition around 3 a.m. Eastern time, but the best time to look for it will be after midnight your local time when it is highest in the night sky. You’ll be able to see the ringed planet glow throughout the summer.

An easy way to spot Saturn is to let Mars be your guide. The red planet, which reached its own opposition earlier this week, will be a hard-to-miss bright crimson dot. Saturn is the golden orb to its left.

With a telescope, you can see the planet’s cream-colored cloud bands, which are caused by ammonia crystals floating in its atmosphere.'>>>

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/science/saturn-opposition-rings-titan.html?

[Blue_Tires]

1. kick

[cui bono]

2. Nice! Just got invited to hangout with friends on a deck so we'll look for it.

Doubt we'll see much since we're in the city. Might drive into the mountains around midnight to get a better look! Now I just need to find a telescope to borrow...

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[Peacetrain]

3. Hope our rainy skies clear off..

[elleng]

4. Mostly cloudy here.

DAMN!

[Peacetrain]

5. Praying to the rain gods ellen..

go away and come again another day!!!..

[elleng]

6. The 'best' here is 'partly cloudy' Saturday,

then sunny MONDAY, but I won't be here Monday night; have to leave home for a couple days!