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  • Aug 27, 2006, 12:04 PM
    makapu
    Where is Saturn ?
    Aloha... I am new to this site and I hope I wiil receive an answer... I am having trouble locating the planet Saturn in our evening Hawaiian sky... I located her in April and I bought a Planet/Star locator I am thinking (smell wood burning)
    Saturn is not visible this time of year for us... Thank you if you can help me.:)
  • Aug 27, 2006, 04:02 PM
    RickJ
    Here's a sky map showing where Saturn is from Honolulu. Check out their home page for other maps from your area: http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/
  • Dec 24, 2006, 06:55 AM
    Fianchetto
    Purchase this month's copies of "Sky and Telescope" or "Astronomy" magazines - they both have diagrams of the location and attitude of al the planets, but also the relative positions of the galilean moons of Jupiter and Saturns moon Titan
  • Mar 16, 2012, 11:03 PM
    normanmcgeoch
    Go to whereissaturn.com and have a look, it describes step by step how to find and photograph Saturn in simple language. The main key is to have a good picture of what the night sky should look like and use a couple of stars from a known constellation in your night sky to lead you to where Saturn is. It will look like a slightly yellow star to the naked eye. Try using AstroViewer which is free to get a view of what your night sky should look like and go from there.
  • Mar 18, 2012, 09:04 AM
    Stratmando
    I was going to say you need to look past Uranus, but won't.
    I have Google Sky on My phone, a Free APP. And it is like looking through a window to the stars, and planets. Right now I see it is on the other side of the Earth in the Constellation Virgo.
  • Mar 18, 2012, 06:42 PM
    Stratmando
    Correction,Saturn is closer.

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