Skywatch Line for Friday, October 18, through Sunday, October 20, 2019
This is Dudley Observatory’s Skywatch Line for Friday, October 18, through Sunday, October 20, written by Sam Salem. On Friday, Sun rises at 7:12am and sets at 6:09pm; the waning gibbous Moon rises at 9:18pm and sets at 11:48am. Saturn, at magnitude 0.5, resides among the background stars of constellation Sagittarius the Archer, 25 degrees high in the south-southwest as twilight fades to darkness. It appears significantly brighter than any of its host constellation’s stars. Even a small telescope shows Saturn’s disk and spectacular ring system, which spans 37 arc-seconds and tilts 25 degrees to our line of sight. Saturn… Continue reading
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