You will find to Saturn in the sky this weekend

If you want to search the planet Saturn in the sky this weekend, but are not sure where you are looking for, this guide should help you.

Saturn is the currently visible all night long, and is very easy to find, because it just makes very bright behind opposition there.

Credit: Adrian West

Here you find the constellation of Leo the lion (high of southern sky on around 10: 00 pm) on the search for the backwards question mark Asterism (red in the diagram), which is the head of Leo. Find the last 2 star in Leo's body and to draw an imaginary line this 2 star, and bow to the left and down you, until you reach a bright yellow star. This is Saturn.

If you continue, these draw imaginary line a bit further find the bright bluish white stars Spica in the constellation Virgo.

Should now, Saturn are an easy target to detect with the naked eye, but through binoculars, looks great and is really amazing by all.

Tagged as: observation, Saturn

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