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Re: Jupiter satellites
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2005 Apr 5, 16:59 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2005 Apr 5, 16:59 -0400
I have no idea how Saturn is currently oriented, but sometimes it's pole axis is parallel to Earth's. When that happens the rings are viewed edge on and are more-or-less two blips outside the equator. If you can see the equatorial belts of Jupiter, you should be able to see Saturn's rings. On Apr 5, 2005, at 4:30 PM, Alexandre Eremenko wrote: > Bill, > 7x35 is not enough: this is less than my sextant inverting > scope, and I don't see the satellites through it. > You can borrow my 10x50 if you wish: Jupiter is around > for long (according to the Alm). The rings of Saturn I could not > see however. > A >