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Ephemeris Calculator
Compute Saturn ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 1970 and 01 Jan 1970 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.
How bright is Saturn?
The current visual magnitude of Saturn is 0.84. Given its brightness, Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, easy and bright under dark skies, might be more difficult from heavily light polluted areas.
The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Saturn, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.