Planet Saturn. How the ringed planet looks through a large amateur telescope.

This amateur video was shot on April 10th, 2007, from my backyard. I used my Philips Toucam 840 Pro II webcam adapted on my 10' Schmidt Cassegrain MEADE LX200 GPS telescope. A 2X Barlow lens was also used. The weather conditions were very good, however some 'simmering' occurs due to atmospheric instability . The rings are halfway tilted and the Cassini division is easily observable. The planet appears upside down exactly the way it looks from the telescope. The video was shot in AVI format and converted to MP4.

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[MrKIK2000]

Thanks!

[Helikid2244]

I remembered when I looked at Saturn through my telescope as a kid, I went nuts and called my whole family to look at it. Its one thing to see it on tv or the internet but its so weird when seeing it in real life. Thanks for posting.

[MrKIK2000]

@Helikid2244

Yeah Sammy it was the same for me! Thanks for your touching comment!!

[Max0Inq]

What kind of telescope should I have to see it?

[MrKIK2000]

@Max0Inq

You can see the rings with all decent telescopes of aperture 3' and higher. Best view is with Refractors and Maksutov-Cassegrain. During optical view, however, do not expect to see color. The human eye is nor as sensitive as cameras. I used a good large telescope 10' of the Schmidt-Cassegrain type, which is more suitable for deep sky objects, but can also deliver great views of planets too.

[ratzhushk]

man this is amazing

have you recorded the moon?

[MrKIK2000]

@ratzhushk

Thanks for your comment. Yes I recorded the moon but not in its totality. I targeted some intersting parts in high magnification. I plan to post one soon.

[kendahke]

@Helikid2244 I got to see Jupiter through my sister's telescope and just like you, I was bowled over by not only seeing Jupiter, but also a couple of its moons.

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[RJL738]

Thank you for this. The amazing thing is that Saturn's rings are actually made of more than 90% water-ice, a very interesting planet.

[dracus2000]

very good quality

[pingui0987]

@Helikid2244 i have never seen saturn or any other planet but i believewhen you say its not the sam as trought internet