Can you see Saturn with a 36mm-108mm digital camera?

Question

just wondering.............

Answer 1

Well, you can calculate the image size at maximum magnification as follows: Saturn's maximum angular size including the rings is ~45", so 45/3600 times pi/180 times 108 will give you the image size in millimeters. I don't know what your pixil density is but I doubt that your image will be more than a few pixils wide. You really need a longer focal length, perhaps 800-1,000mm to see much, I am guessing, or else you need to get closer to your subject, like maybe by visiting one of the moons of Jupiter in order to take your picture. I hope this helps

Answer 2

Saturn is one of the brightest stars in the sky, so if you can take a long enough exposure to show stars, you'll see Saturn. You won't see it as anything more than a bright dot unless you photograph through a telescope.

Answer 3

You can image it as a bright starlike object among the stars. To see the rings visually you need at least a 25x magnification on a telescope, which would be equivalent to a 1000mm lens on a camera.

Answer 4

You can see Saturn with the naked eye, so I'm sure a zoom lens would only make it better. With a quality camera, you would probably be able to make out the rings.

Answer 5

The planet Saturn can be seen even with bare eyes...