Astronomy Night - Saturday, October 18th - Saturn

[Jeffrey Alexander (Arlington Astronomy Nights)]

Hi folks, I’m hosting one more Astronomy Night, weather permitting, on Saturday where we’ll look at Saturn!  Cloud cover is iffy, but it is still several days out.  From the website:

We'll gather once Saturn has had a chance to come up over Boston even though it will already be dark earlier. Saturn will be just a month past its closest approach to Earth of the year, so while seeing it low to the horizon isn't ideal, we'll still have a nice view! We're also only about 7 months since we crossed the plane of Saturn's rings, meaning we'll be seeing them almost edge-on. They should be faintly visible as a line through the planet by now. I'll be out probably until 9pm when the park closes -- the later you come, the higher up Saturn gets and the clearer the image will be, but also the further past bedtime for younger ones.

https://www.arlingtonastronomy.org/

Jeff