{"id":127,"date":"2010-03-02T00:23:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T00:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2010\/03\/02\/not_at_all_saturnine_about_saturn\/"},"modified":"2010-12-18T12:06:45","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T12:06:45","slug":"not_at_all_saturnine_about_saturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2010\/03\/02\/not_at_all_saturnine_about_saturn\/","title":{"rendered":"Not at all saturnine about Saturn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Returning home from Lablit this evening at about 11 pm I scanned the clear sky in the south-east and noticed a small bright speck to the left of and slightly higher than the glowing moon. A quick perusal of Starmap on the iPhone told me that this was likely to be Saturn.<\/p>\n

At last!<\/p>\n

I dashed into the house, had a quick comfort-break (at the Americans so delicately put it), grabbed my telescope and set up shop on our front pathway. The viewing conditions were less than ideal; with the brightness of a near-full moon and the street lights to contend with, I had a little trouble finding the speck. But by blocking the moon with my hand I managed to steer the telescope into position and was immediately rewarded with my first sighting of Saturn:<\/p>\n

\"Saturn<\/a>
\nSaturn and (I think) little Titan<\/em><\/p>\n

I know it’s not new. I knew exactly<\/em> what to expect. Except that I didn’t really. Not really<\/em>. I was still delighted with the ‘find’ – the pale disk with the handles. I stood there for several minutes, crouched over the telecsope, grinning like a loon. I just could not help but smile.<\/p>\n

I diverted myself briefly to have a look at the lunar surface in all its pitted glory but even that couldn’t keep me from Saturn. So I went back to the planet and smiled some more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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