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Saturn has the most obvious ring system of course - visible from earth in even a small telescope. Almost all who see Saturn for the first time 'live' as it were in a telescope are really moved by its beauty. Uranus has a dark ring system that is visible from earth, but are only seen in a large telescope when the rings are at the right angle and the planet passes in front of stars behind. As the rings pass the stars the stars seem to 'blink' as they pass behind the dark rings. It was in this way that the Uranian rings were discovered. Thanks to the Voyager probes, thin ring systems were also found on Jupiter and Neptune, but neither system is visible from Earth, nor are they anywhere near as pronounced as Saturn.

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