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I was able to pinpoint the location of Saturn in Leo Major this evening, and being of moderate brightness (slightly less than that of Regulus) it was not hard to find...<br />My questions arose from the magnification of it through my telescope...<br />with a 12.5 mm eyepiece, it seemed barely differentiable from a star of similar brightness....a 4mm eyepiece magnified this difference to a point I was sure it was not a star... I then equipped a 3x Barlow lens to my telescope and saw that Saturn appeared to have a bulge in the center (It did appear inclined much like our equator however)<br />Conventional wisdom would dictate I accept the fact that these are indeed the rings, but I wanted a confirmation first, because given my instruments, I might not be able to see the rings at all... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <span style="color:#993366">In the event of a full scale nuclear war or NEO impact event, there are two categories of underground shelters available to the public, distinguished by depth underground: bunkers and graves...</span> </div>