Comments on: how can you see the planets using Meade Jupiter telescope? http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-can-you-see-the-planets-using-meade-jupiter-telescope/ Thu, 17 May 2012 20:07:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Geoff G http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-can-you-see-the-planets-using-meade-jupiter-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 Geoff G Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:11:12 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-can-you-see-the-planets-using-meade-jupiter-telescope/#comment-1423 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. 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.

]]> By: laurahal42 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-can-you-see-the-planets-using-meade-jupiter-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-1422 laurahal42 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:35:21 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-can-you-see-the-planets-using-meade-jupiter-telescope/#comment-1422 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. 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.

]]> By: Oh Snapss http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-can-you-see-the-planets-using-meade-jupiter-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-1421 Oh Snapss Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:09:47 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-can-you-see-the-planets-using-meade-jupiter-telescope/#comment-1421 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. 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.

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