http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-do-planets-look-on-a-90mm-maksutov-cassegrain-telescope/ Thu, 17 May 2012 20:14:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-do-planets-look-on-a-90mm-maksutov-cassegrain-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-2395 Geoff G Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:55:55 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/how-do-planets-look-on-a-90mm-maksutov-cassegrain-telescope/#comment-2395 Planets are very small and far away. 180x is about the most you can expect from a 90mm telescope. At 180x with a similar scope I've seen Jupiter's cloud belts and moons, Mars' polar caps, Saturn's rings and three brightest moons, and Venus' phases. Certainly the images are small, but they are definitely larger than dots. You need to be patient and practice seeing detail. I recommend trying to make simple pencil sketches of what you see. I found that this really helped me to see fine detail.<a href="http://www.proofficesupply.com/company-office-supply.htm"> Geoff G</a> Planets are very small and far away. 180x is about the most you can expect from a 90mm telescope. At 180x with a similar scope I’ve seen Jupiter’s cloud belts and moons, Mars’ polar caps, Saturn’s rings and three brightest moons, and Venus’ phases. Certainly the images are small, but they are definitely larger than dots. You need to be patient and practice seeing detail. I recommend trying to make simple pencil sketches of what you see. I found that this really helped me to see fine detail. Geoff G

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