Is it possible to see planets during the day time using a telescope or it will be distorted by the sun?

Question

I Have a Meade Polar AZ 60m - 700mm telescope

Answer 1

It is possible, but you need a really clear sky with no haze at all and you have to know EXACTLY where to point your telescope. The source is a picture of Mercury I took after sunrise with my telescope. I found Mercury before sunrise and followed it with the telescope until after sunrise. I would have never been able to find it any other way. One of those computerized telescopes could find it for you in daylight, if you had one.

Answer 2

it looks like you have a refractor telescope, and you will only be able to pick out the really bright planets and best time is early morning or early evening, but yes you should be able to see them.
the danger is that if you pan across the sky and get the sun in your lense you will go blind, so i avoid it.

Answer 3

No, it will not be distorted by the sun, but you have to know exactly where in the sky to look. Venus is very often possible, as is Jupiter. It is also possible to see a few of the brighter stars, but again, you have to know exactly where to look.

Answer 4

It can be done, as others above have already said. I've even seen Venus during the daytime with the naked eye! Just last week, in fact. It's very difficult, like others have said - you have to know exactly where to look.

Answer 5

yes you can, its especially easy if they are close to the moon because the moon is easy to find. the planets close to the sun can be tricky, you have to be very careful to not look at the sun with your telescope.

Answer 6

Light scattered from the sky will generally be far brighter than and swamp light from planets in the day.

Answer 7

If you know exactly where to look, you can pick out Venus pretty easily and sometimes Jupiter.

Answer 8

no. because the sun's brightness obscures everything else in the sky.