Look east late on January evenings to spot Leo and Saturn.

Through a telescope, the rings seem to be almost edge-on this month.

But wait until the beginning of September and the rings will seem to completely disappear, as Earth crosses Saturn's ring plane! The rings are only a few kilometres thick, and at this distance we can see just how small that really is.

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