What Are the Rings around Saturn Made Of?Question submitted by Jenifer Smith's fifth-grade class at Russell Boulevard Elementary School.Tabitha Finch
In the video below, you can watch me photograph the planet Saturn through my Celestron Edge HD 11 telescope in the backyard. What is the best telescope for moon gazing? The moon is probably the easiest thing to see through a telescope, and it never disappoints. With its captivating crater...
To get a sense of scale, Mars is about 1.5 AU from the Sun, Jupiter is about 5 AU, Saturn is 9.5 AU, and Pluto sits a staggering average distance of 39 AU. The New Horizons spacecraft set off for Pluto in January 2006 and didn’t get there until 9.5 years later. It’s a long...
The supermoon may look especially large to you, however, if it's very close to the horizon. But that has nothing to do with astronomy and everything to do with how the human brain works. This effect is called the "moon illusion" and may arise from at least a couple of different thin...