| Hi,
No Problem, I love telescopic astronomy, it's my hobby. Just so You know, Saturn will be observable from Mid-November throughout the winter (well, I mean you can observe it now if you want to stay up until at least 02:30am) It's in the constellation of Cancer, and will be situated within 2-3 degrees of an interesting 'open' star cluster called the 'Beehive' which is a fuzzy patch to the naked eye in a dark sky, and a wonderful binocular object in anything around 7x50 upwards. it takes magnification up to about 30x, but then you begin to see 'through' it as the field of view is too small to contain the whole object.
Saturn's rings can be discerned at a magnification of around 25 upwards, but you really need 100X plus to see any real details, such as the cassini division, the largest gap in the rings.
just drop me a PM if there's anything you want to know or check up on, I'll be happy to oblige. |