Can you look at the planets and stars with this?
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I hadn't tried doing that with these binoculars , but I'm sure they will be adequate to enlarge the planets somewhat. I took an astronomy class a while back, and the teacher said binoculars are great for looking at the planets and stars, and that a telescope was not actually needed. Hope this helps. Juanita
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I've been able to see Jupiter and Mars, ring nebula, orions nebula. Should be good enough.
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Yes, yes, and yes. Most of the lenses are junk, but I was able to see see Jupiter and Saturn pretry well. Also, good luck lining up the finder scope. Still good for the price, though.
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You need a filter for looking at the planets during the day. At night try a moon filter, or visit your local astronomy shop.
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Yes, it works well & the pictures of planets on the disc are quite nice. It runs on batteries so if you leave it on all night the batteries wear out quickly.
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Yes. You can type "SkyQuest xt6" into Youtube and get a sense of the view you'll get. Keep in mind that the best views are available under particular conditions with specific eyepieces, but you can certainly see planets--Jupiter and Saturn, for example--with the xt6 as is.
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Sorry, if you are looking in our solar system yes you can see the planets, but not other solar systems.
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It's really tough to see any planets in detail with this telescope, the 3" mirror is just not big enough. The other morning (early) I was able to see Jupiter but not any detail.
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Hi Scott, Yes, you can see all three. However: Because the scope is a short focal length scope it gives a wide field of view and rather low magnification even with 10mm eyepiece (35X). If you can obtain a 2X Barlow, a power booster lens that you put between the eyepiece and the focusing tube, you will be able to have 70X magnification with the 80mm Go Scope. I bought a 7mm wide angle eyepiece for mine, which gives a magnification of 100X with my Orion Shorty Barlow. This gives very good views of the planets and spectacular views of the moon. Keep in mind, that "seeing conditions," that is how steady the atmosphere is any given night, can be the biggest factor in how good a planetary image will be. It can vary quite a bit, night to night, so if you don't get a sharp image of the planet, don't blame the telescope. Try another night. Also, particularly with Mars, it depends how close to the Mars the Earth is at any given time in our orbits. I have had only so-so views of Mars with big telescopes with high powers and steady seeing conditions when the planets were at great distances from one another. On the other hand, the clearest, brightest, and most detailed view of the surface features of Mars was through my 70mm Tele-Vue Pronto when Mars was at its nearest point in years back in 2004. And that view was obtained in the heart of a light polluted city! Hope this helps. If I can be of any further assistance, let me know. Sincerely, Joe R.
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If you want to see the moon and planets, then yes, it will work. But it won't work for anything else like deep space objects. Also, keep in mind that the images of planets you get live on the screen won't be terribly bright or detailed. That's not really the fault of the camera. That's just the atmosphere affecting the image.
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I've seen Venus, mars, Saturn, and Jupiter. The moons of Saturn and Jupiter are also viewable right out of the box.I would recommend the extra lenses kit, though.
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I gave it to my 39 year old son. He says it works well. You can even see the moons of Jupiter with it.
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If viewing relatively fixed objects at long distances is all you want to do, a telescope would be better. For general use and very basic star gazing, these would be fine.
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It is easy to use. Yes I would say it is good for the novice user. You can see a lot more with a larger telescope and you get seriously into it you will want more aperture, however You can see a lot with this thing. It is especially good with the larger planets and fantastic with the moon though the moon is a little bright and if you are looking at it a lot you may need a moon filter. Deep space galaxies, nebula and so on can be seen but only the brighter objects.
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Hello Douglas,You certainly can! Earth is pulling away from Mars right now so that observation will require very steady conditions but is certainly possible. Jupiter's great red spot and at least four bands should be visible under good conditions as well as the Cassini division in Saturn's rings and hundreds of lunar craters.I hope that this was helpful!Best, DaveHigh Point Scientific
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You can see Jupiter and if you're in the right place, Mars and Venus. You will need to purchase the lens expansion pack to get good detail on either, but the expansion should also let you get some pretty good views of Saturn and its rings.
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there's none. but there's some apps u can download in your mobile phone as a guide to where u have to point your starfinder to view the planets and stars