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Forum List | Follow Ups | Post Message | Back to Thread Topics | In Response To Posted by Bob Sal on May 20, 2003 13:40:05 UTC |
One of the biggest problems with new observers is over-anticipation. Your not gonna see in the eyepiece anything like the pictures you see in magzines. That goes especially for deep sky objects and is true for planets also. The only thing that looks better in the telescope is the moon. First off, you wont see any color like in the photos. The details are very subtel. In my 80MM refractor I can see the 2 major bands on Jupiter most nights and on a real dark clear still night I can see more bands and have been able to make out the red spot. But remember, those nights are few and far between. Most nights you sit and wait for moments of clarity when the sky stills for a second or 2 and you get a clear image. The atmosphere is a big problem. The image goes in and out of focus constantly. I can see the rings of Saturn with the 80MM but the Casini Division is very hard.
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