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Originally Posted by forestwildlife  im a total newb to be honest and only started looking with last weeks meteor shower, i suppose id like to be able to see the planets closer, would i be able to do that with the telescope you've linked to in your second link? |
I had a look at Jupiter tonight [bright 'star' low in SE] with a comparable [70mm] aperture scope - the oval disk of Jupiter with two faint belts visible on disk plus 4 bright Galilean moons in a line.
Venus [morning star] will shows phases like the moon and Saturn [morning star] will show the projecting ring system plus moon Titan as a tiny point of light beside it. Mars poorly placed 'till after Xmas but still a tiny disk and no marking until it moves closer again. The moon will be spectacular especially away from full moon.
Tonight I also tried the Ring Nebula [near brilliant overhead star Vega] as extremely faint smoke-ring and the Dumbbell Neb likewise near Altair bright star but lower down. This scope also ok for terrestial viewing too - it has an erecting prism so view is right-way up and angled so stuff high in the sky is less neckbreaking
That said I've not tested this scope personally
