did any body know i can see saturn jupitor mars with my meade etx 125 telescope with my series 5000 4.7 ultra wide angle before i have meade etx 90 with my series 5000 4.7 ultra wide angle but i never try to look on the sky i just used for land right now i got etx 125 but my series 5000 4.7 ultra wide angle is on the way i just order so if any body know if i can see alot alot of stuff up on the sky let me know thanks all and happy new years
2007-12-31 08:13:53 · 5 answers · asked by bruceleenjackiechanmpls 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
oh well i don't use for sky watching that much i am using for land watching like watching people house to see what ever they doing :) if you know what i mean :)
2007-12-31 08:58:13 · update #1
No, you cannot see Jupiter with that scope; or any other visual scope. We are in the wrong season, and it will be a few months before Jupiter comes up at night. You should be able to see Mars rising from the East at around 8:00PM and Saturn a few hours after that. The etx 125 should give you nice views of both. For best results, start as low power, and take it up to around 240x. That would help you to find and center your target; and anything above 240x really requires excellent collimation and really good seeing conditions.
Clear skies!
2007-12-31 08:39:29 · answer #1 · answered by n2s.astronomy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geoff and Bobby are both correct. The scope should be capable of seeing Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, surface features on the Moon, as well as some nice double stars and clusters. However, the eyepiece you mentioned is gonna be more trouble than its worth. Start with a 10 - 15 mm, if that gives a nice, clear, centered image, then go ahead and try the 4.7. -- I think you'll like the lower mag better. Also, if you are using an erecting prism to see terrestrial objects, I would get it out of there for astronomy. Just one more thing in the way.
2007-12-31 17:19:16 · answer #2 · answered by Larry454 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yikes! A 4.7mm eyepiece in a Meade ETX125 would give over 400x, more than twice that scope is capable of! The image will be so blurry as to be useless.
2007-12-31 17:05:29 · answer #3 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes through a scope like the meade etx125 you can see all kinds of stuff you should be sure that the skies will support high magnification for instance are the stars twinkling or not you may have to deal with atmospheric disturbances before cranking up the power on aardvarks zebras dont often make good house pets because their coats have a tendancy to wait what the heck was that and oh dear god can someone please help me tie my viagra thingie can you carry a tune in something other than a bucket take a deep breath and learn punctuation and be kind to small furry animals spell correctly too why not youth is wasted on the sea turtles make good soup but theyre endangered so i dont know
2007-12-31 16:40:27 · answer #4 · answered by Bobby 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
cool...... slam a camera on the eye piece and send me a picture.
well I mean, don't slam it cause they didn't do anything to you or me personally but you know what I mean
have a safe new years
2007-12-31 16:36:55 · answer #5 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋