how can you see the planets using Meade Jupiter telescope?
LOVER 7717 asked:
I just got my first telescope i can only see a few stars how can i see them closer and see the planets?
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I just got my first telescope i can only see a few stars how can i see them closer and see the planets?
April 1st, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Its just a starter Meade. You would have to by a better lens.
I have the same telescope and I found Saturn fine, however, it was very very small.
April 4th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
I’d try the Orion Nebula and the Moon as my first targets.
Mars will be disappointing in a small telescope, but Saturn and Venus will be good. Have a look!
Addendum: yes, by all means, get yourself a good guide book. The other one that comes up a lot is Nightwatch.
April 6th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
The most interesting planets with a small telescope are Jupiter (with its four bright moons and cloud belts) and Saturn (with its rings and at least one moon, Titan). At the moment Jupiter is too close to the Sun to observe. Saturn is currently rising about 11 p.m. in the east, but isn’t really high enough to observe until after midnight. Mars is a disappointment even in a large telescope.
Besides Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon, the best targets for your scope will be double stars and some of the brighter deep sky objects: star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Turn Left At Orion, by Consolmagno and Davis (Cambridge) is an excellent guide to finding and observing targets like these with your size of telescope. Some current targets would be the Andromeda Galaxy, the Pleiades star cluster, and the Orion Nebula.