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August is the perfect month to dust off the telescope and point it to the cosmos as one of the biggest planets in the solar system shines brighter than any other time of the year. Saturn has been ...
Even if you don’t have a decent telescope or a powerful pair of binoculars, you’ll still have a chance to see Saturn in the night sky this week.
A near planetary pairing will occur Sunday when Texans can see Venus and Saturn with their naked eyes in the early evening sky. Venus, Saturn will wow Texas astronomers Sunday. Here’s how to ...
A planetary phase is a certain portion of a planet's area that reflects sunlight as viewed from a given vantage point, as well as the period of time during which it occurs. The phase is determined by the phase angle , which is the angle between the planet, the Sun and the Earth.
The telescope is used as a guide scope to keep the field of view centered during the exposure. This allows the camera to use a longer exposure and/or a longer focal length lens or even be attached to some form of photographic telescope co-axial with the main telescope. Telescope focal plane photography
In this view, the giant orange moon Titan casts a large shadow onto Saturn’s north polar hood. Below Titan, near the ring plane and to the left is the moon Mimas, casting a much smaller shadow onto Saturn’s equatorial cloud tops. Farther to the left, and off Saturn’s disk, is the bright moom Dione, and the fainter moon Enceledus.
Jupiter and Saturn have been prominent features in the night sky all year long, but shortly after the first sunset of winter, the pair will join forces to shine incredibly bright for just a few ...
His first interest was in the field of photography, and he became a photographer's assistant at the age of nine. He later developed an interest in astronomy. In 1876 he purchased a 5-inch (130-millimeter) refractor telescope, and in 1881 he discovered his first comet, but failed to announce his discovery. He found his second comet later the ...