With the gas giants now close to their best, here are the best refractors, Maksutov-Cassegrain and Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes to help you see Saturn’s rings and the cloud bands of Jupiter. Ask ...

Not all of Saturn’s moons are visible in space; however, some can be bright enough to be traced by a reliable telescope from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When is the best time to look at a planet? On Sunday, Sept.

If you head into your backyard this weekend and set up your telescope, the giant planet Saturn will be there for you to see. “Saturn is a spectacular object to look at,” said Damian Peach, an English ...

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The ringed giant Saturn reaches opposition providing the best views of the planet all year. Opposition occurs as Earth passes between an outer planet, like the ringed gas giant Saturn. This places it ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

The above photo of Saturn was taken by 15-year-old Marcus Reed of Seaford, East Sussex. He captured the image, planet, rings and all, at 4am in his backyard using a 102mm diameter reflector telescope ...

My favorite planet, besides the one I live on, is on the rise in the low eastern Pottsville sky during evening twilight. It’s Saturn and you can’t miss it. It’s the brightest star-like object in that ...

Saturn will be at its brightest on September 21. NASA, ESA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona) While Saturn has been visible in the night sky all of September, this weekend, the ringed planet ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — For anyone in Hawaiʻi this weekend, the sky offers a rare show. Saturn, the ringed giant, will rise bright in the evening and stay visible through the night. Sage Constantinou, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. If you’ve never looked at Saturn and its rings through a ...