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Amateur views of Jupiter through 3'-10' telescope.?
Just curious if anyone has some amateur pics of Jupiter as seen through a 3 through 10 inch reflector scope?
Other planets would be interesting too, but primarily interested in Jupiter.
Thanks in advance.
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- ?Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
There are numerous drawings and images of Jupiter and other planets on the web site of the Association of Lunar And Planetary Observers:
- Anonymous5 years ago
Well... its not quite awful... Its 76 mm aperture - which really is too small for any kind of 'real' observing. (I know that sounds snobbish, but its true...) Its pretty much a nice toy telescope. You will be able to observe the moon in it, see Jupiter and its moons, with a little effort you will be able to see the Northern band on Jupiter (the Southern band has disappeared for a while...) You would be able to see the Andromeda galaxy (with some assistance from an experienced observer). You could see some of the larger star clusters. And some of the brighter nebulas - such as the Orion Nebula. Beyond that... well, no.. you would not see the spiral structure of galaxies, nor supernovas in other galaxies, nor details of the planets, nor a lot of the cool things that you may want to view. To see any of these things, you would need at *least* double the aperture (150mm), and to see spiral structure in even the Andromeda Galaxy (largest and easiest to see), you would need about 4 times that aperture (300mm and up). But if all you are really looking for is something to view the moon and see the moons around Jupiter - it will suffice for that.
