Saturn

We took Miles to a Star Party in Red Rock tonight. The Las Vegas Astronomical Society meets up there once a month to "stargaze". A friend from work told me about it and mentioned that tonight they were expecting to have a good view of Saturn. There were lots of telescopes set up and Miles was very patient waiting for it to get dark. He went to look through a telescope and starting shouting "Saturn, I see Saturn." I have never looked through a telescope and was wondering how in the world he knew it was Saturn. Then I looked through. This is not a picture from tonight, but a picture Bryce found online. This is exactly what Miles, Bryce, and I saw when we looked through the telescope. Not only did we see Saturn, but we saw several of Saturn's moons too, which by the way Miles can name. Amazing. Really, really amazing. Our little space nut was so excited. We came home, put Miles and Sam to bed, and went online to price telescopes for his birthday present.