Helicopter gets view of Saturn's rings

Kick Ass. I hope the skys clear at night some time this week. Michigan Weather SUCKS.

Thank you for posting, it's beautiful.

You're welcome. :0)

With bicoculars you won't be able to see the rings but you should be able to see an oval shape.

That's nibiru, don't be fooled, the media is lying!

Nah just kidding. Can't we get a nicer image by some amateur astronomer here?

You won't see that image with the naked eye, as they said in the video, you need a small telescope with 25 times magnification to see the rings like that. The video report was incorrect though, you don't need a small telescope, anything with 25X magnification can see the rings, that's how the camera picked it up. If you have a good pair of binoculars you can make out the rings, and a steady hand, or find something to balance the binocs on. Alot of astronomy observations are made with binoculars, and alot of high end binoculars are made specifically for that. I was out looking last night with my binocs and a astronomical spotting scope and could make out the elliptical shape as it appears, but there was a heavy haze and the seeing conditions were bad. I think I'll drag out the 5" reflector telescope tonight if conditions are good.

It is a wonderful and easy thing to spot with the naked eye though. If you look at the sky enough, you can tell the difference in appearance between the stars and the planets of our solar system. The stars are more pinpoint and more shimmery, the planets are larger in appearance, you can make out that distinction with the naked eye. And it's not difficult to tell which planets just by looking. Jupiter is distinguished in that it appears more white, Mars or Saturn are distinctly orange, and at times depending on how cloudy it is on the planet, Mars can appear quite red. A quick grab for the binoculars, and you can make out the Moons of Jupiter, even in a cheap pair, and the oval shape of Saturn with rings. Venus is extremely bright and white, and Mercury orange, but being inner planets, you only see them around dusk or dawn.

It's fun to learn the planets in the night sky, when you look, you can know with near certainty which ones they are!

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Uhh...

It reminds me of the half moon on each side of the Masonic Baphomet statue.

Thanks! I'll seed this for a little bit.

The BS stockholders are trying to dump their BS before the BS bubble pops.

Buncha crap.

amazing....... and not ONE helicopter, or other news crew got any footage of the West Explosion even though it had been burning for 30 minutes before the "explosion".....

Crazy Mess!!

Pretty!

Totally awesome!

nevermind oops.

10.5, actually.

Absolutely gorgeous!!

Cant sit through the long commercial

I'm guessing she meant negative.

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I agree Thank you for posting

One last ode to why we're in this fucked up position in the first place; enjoy it while it lasts.

I could see Sun Ra's house.

Where it Astro? Saturn is an outer planet....how can you see the rings without a telescope?

I find this strange.

Perhaps I am ignorant but I am having a hard time believing a helicopter caught Saturn's rings without a telescope..shit...I can't find it with my telescope half the time.

that's fuckin funny

Sweet! Nice find OP!

thats pretty cool