Science & Mathematics - 25 July 2007

I'm using a 600x Newtonian Reflector made by Edu Science that I had for Christmas,so far I've just about seen the Moon and I want to see Planets now,so I decided to observe Jupiter starting at a Magnification of F=20mm and Jupiter appeard as a small ball of white light,giving of the odd red glowing every ten seconds.So then I switched Magnification to a F= 12.5mm and it still appeared as a ball of light so again I put in a more pwerful lens coming up to F=9mm and still it appeared as a ball of light,and then I stuck in a F= 4mm and still it was a ball of LIGHT! with no detail of any could patterns.So then I went extreme and then stuck in a 3.36X Barlow Lens combned with a 4mm and then I could'nt see anything.Is my scope powerful enough to see Jupiter?

2007-07-25 00:25:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Astronomy & Space

2007-07-25 00:19:19 · 5 answers · asked by rureadyorrunotready 1 in Astronomy & Space