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See Saturn at its biggest and brightest tonight before its rings 'disappear' in 2025 (www.space.com)
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late but nice pictures. my unread email has been hovering around 200 lately. road trip

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[–] Mikelius@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

The light flickering on stars and planets has to do with the Earth's atmosphere. In a dark sky look straight up and the stars directly above you will blink much less, and as you look at stars closer and closer to the horizon, they start to blink more and more. The worse your overall seeing conditions are for the night, the more intense the blinking can get.