These are cloud belts. The famous Great Red Spot of Jupiter is, unfortunately, not obvious in small telescopes. Comet Impact Sites on Jupiter CCD Images of Jupiter and Saturn Saturn , the second largest planet, is usually as bright as the brightest fixed stars. It shines an orangish-yellow. Through a small telescope, an apparently single ring is seen surrounding the planet and separated slightly from the main disk.
Larger telescopes reveal divisions between the rings.
Look for cloud belts, which are not as prominent on Saturn as on Jupiter, and also look for the shadows which the rings and disk cast on each other. Saturn has an extensive satellite system. One of its moons, Titan, can be seen in any telescope when it is reasonably far from the planet's disk and rings. Telescopes in the six to eight inch range will often reveal other moons, including Rhea, Dione, Tethys, and Iapetus. It shines pure white, and can be dazzling when it is at its brightest.