Saturn and the Outer Gas Giants: Observing by Amateurs

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Apr 2003

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5500. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Observing the distant planets is more difficult than observing Jupiter. Not only is the apparent size of the planet much smaller (and also the actual diameter), but in addition the disk itself shows much less detail. URANUS appears only 3.5 arcsec in diameter while NEPTUNE only reaches 2.5 arcsec. The disk of SATURN appears only 19 arcsec in size but in compensation the ring system, when at its w...

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