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   Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 06:39:50 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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   • stevenray

   @stevenray you can’t see the rings with a phone camera (not enough focal length), also Saturn is nowhere near Orion right now and very close to the sun in the sky

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     stevenray (stevenray@sfba.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2026 06:39:51 JST stevenray

     Does this make sense? I was playing around with taking a photo of Saturn and the Orion Nebula a couple of nights ago, and low and behold, it looks like Saturn's rings are showing up. I was just using my phone, which doesn't have zoom or anything special. I didn't expect to see Saturn's rings.

     #astrophotography #phonePhotography