I have 18x Telescope and on manual it is written i can see phases of venus with it easily but couldn't
What's d reason???
2007-02-07 05:04:12 · 3 answers · asked by Aashish G 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
As a general rule, a telescope that advertizes its "magnification" is a lousy telescope. Any telescope can have any magnification--just put in a different eyepiece. But increasing the magnification of a lousy telescope will just make a small bright fuzzy blob look like a big faint fuzzy blob.
When buying a telescope, look for mirror size (bigger is better) and mirror quality (harder to determine) to give good quality images.
2007-02-07 05:21:52 · answer #1 · answered by Faeldaz M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Around the beginning of May, Venus will be half-phase.
Look again around the beginning of July -- you'll see a nice crescent Venus.
2007-02-07 14:04:57 · answer #2 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Venus is gibbous right now which means it's between full and half full. You may be the victim of false advertising. You may have better luck when it's more of a crescent.
2007-02-07 13:15:12 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋