Thou Shalt Not Covet...
... thy neighbor's telescope.
Oh, but I do! And especially this week. Saturn not only will be closer to Earth than any time since I was wearing bell-bottom pants-- it also will be tilted in such a way that the rings (which are about 300,000 miles across but only 30 feet thick in some places) are pitched towards our telescopes -- well, my neighbor's telescope-- for maximum visibility. At -0.5 magnitude, I will see the planet (but not the rings) shining brightly, especially on the evening of December 31, even without a crummy 'scope.