Yep! They go through a phase of being edge-on so become incredibly flat from our perspective. That also means there’s a peak where the rings are most visible which will be in 2032.
There’s a lot of good books out there with these phases detailed as well as guides for other planets. Highly recommend it for anyone getting into astronomy.
I’ll have to try the telescope! It’s not very powerful, but I know I’m on Saturn because it’s a clearly oblate blob. At that time, it’ll be a round blob?
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