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 meatwodd7600
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 Planet in the Northern Hemisphere
#8596522 - 07/05/08 02:25 AM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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Does anybody know what planet I keep seeing in the southern sky from around 11pm-5am... Is is Jupiter or Saturn?
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 DieCommie
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Re: Planet in the Northern Hemisphere [Re: meatwodd7600]
#8596526 - 07/05/08 02:29 AM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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Jupiter. Saturn sets earlier than that this time of year.
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Re: Planet in the Northern Hemisphere [Re: DieCommie]
#8596531 - 07/05/08 02:34 AM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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Thanks... Was thinking about setting up my reflector telescope and checking it out but Im too damn lazy..
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Re: Planet in the Northern Hemisphere [Re: meatwodd7600]
#8596535 - 07/05/08 02:42 AM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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How big is it? Mine is small, the smallest you can get 4.5inch. It is also a catadioptric meaning it doesnt have a parabolic mirror it has a spherical mirror and a correcting lens. Basically, its an old POS. Still, I can see the rings of saturn, but not the cassini gap and I can see two red bands on juipter.
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Re: Planet in the Northern Hemisphere [Re: DieCommie]
#8596539 - 07/05/08 02:46 AM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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Mines a 6" I belive mine is a neutonian reflector
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Re: Planet in the Northern Hemisphere [Re: meatwodd7600]
#8596543 - 07/05/08 02:51 AM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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Mine is just a shitty $100 jobie.. but I can see the cassini gap. Its really pretty amazing what a hundred dollar bill can buy these days.. I also like looking at the Orion nebulae and jupiters moons with it..
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Re: Planet in the Northern Hemisphere [Re: meatwodd7600]
#8596548 - 07/05/08 03:04 AM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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I dont think i can see a messier object with my telescope.
The moderator here diploid has taken some amazing pictures with a scope, maybe he will post them.
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Re: Planet in the Northern Hemisphere [Re: DieCommie]
#8596552 - 07/05/08 03:08 AM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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That would be nice...
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Re: Planet in the Northern Hemisphere [Re: DieCommie]
#8610824 - 07/09/08 12:11 AM (4 months, 13 days ago) |
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I can guarantee that there are some Messier objects you can see with it. Several of them are visible to the naked eye. A good one to start with would be the Pleiades (M45). The Orion Nebula (M42) is also visible to the naked eye.
Happy mushrooming!
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