I can't find Saturn fast enough, help!?

Question

The planet Saturn is eluding me night after night (the clear ones).
I go and check to see if clouds are gone and sure enough they are I go in and spend an hour trying to figure out where Saturn is. If it is close enough to Orion I will find it one day until then I need help.

I need to know if there is any other way to find a planet quicker then dead links on the net. By the time I find out where it is I go out and clouds have covered my holy grail. I just got my fist scope and need help. Can anyone point me in the right direction.

Tegen your an idiot I saw some of your answers on other posts you don't know what you are talking about.


I am asking about star charts and what not.

Answer 1

Saturn is not near Orion, it's far away already.

It should rise in the East not long after it gets dark. After that you now know where it is and you can follow it until it gets high enough to see clearly in your telescope (the low air makes it blurry).


There are likely to be two stars rising in the East, and the higher one is probably Saturn, the second is Regulus.

Saturn doesn't move that fast, it does rise and set just like the sun, but relative to the stars it hardly moves at all.

For example, it took 5 or 6 years just to move from Taurus to where it is now. So it would be easier to find if you learned some of the constellations.

Answer 2

Carte Du Ciel is an excellent freeware app for charting the night sky. As others have said, preparation is important - plan your observations in advance. Take some time to learn the night sky - what are the constellations either side of Orion? Once you've learned those, keep going.

Answer 3

A little preparation might help. Saturn doesn't move that fast from night to night. Find out generally where it should be first, then look for an opportunity to see it. Currently it's in Leo, off to the east of Orion & Sirius.

Sky & Telescope has a java-based interactive chart:
http://skychart.skytonight.com/observing/skychart/skychartlaunch.asp
and a weekly almanac:
http://skytonight.com/observing/ataglance

Skymaps makes a monthly chart with an event calendar:
http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html

There's also:
http://www.mystarslive.com/

You might want to download planetarium software (many are free) and pre-tune it to your location and time zone:
http://skytonight.com/resources/software/3304926.html

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Visit:
http://www.earthsky.org/skywatching/
or
http://skytonight.com/
for some pointers and some links to skywatching software

Answer 6

prepare ahead do you calculating before night fall or check you star derictory before night fall

Answer 7

Try this site:
http://www.nightskyinfo.com/