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What can I see with 10x50 binoculars in bortle class 4?
I'm just starting out with amateur astronomy and decided to buy a 10x50 Celestron Up-close G2 binoculars. I believe that tomorrow is the planet parade (the aligning of 6 planets) and I'd like to catch ...
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Visibility of Planetary alignment of 6 planets on 3 June 2024 from Prague
I have just found out about the alignment of Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune on 2024-06-03 and I'd like to see if it is possible to watch the event from the vicinity of Prague, but ...
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Trouble seeing Mars and Venus more than specks of light
Finally been breaking out the telescope to get a better look at things recently, and have been attempting to take advantage of Mars's and Venus's positions in the sky, but I haven't been able to see ...
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Are the 2 planets in this image Venus and Saturn? And is this a fireball shooting star in top right of picture?
I took this picture with my iPhone on January 23, 2023 @6:01pm CST. I am in West Central Alabama very close to the Tenn-Tom Waterway a few miles from the MS state line. I was facing west-southwest.
I ...
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Binoculars 10x50 in light polluted place
I think to buy cheap 10x50 binoculars for astronomy observations. My leaving area is light polluted, I can see only bright stars and planets in naked eye.
Will I can with this binoculars observe ...
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Planets looks like normal stars when I see them using telescope
I've been trying to see planets using my 114 mm (aperture) f=900 mm telescope. For the moon, I got very good quality pictures, but when I try to see planets they just appear to be as if I'm looking at ...
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Not getting quality images in telescope
I have a Newtonian telescope (Celestron 130 eq) with 5.2 inch (~132 mm) aperture with 650 mm focal length, Spherical mirror. And having 4mm, 10mm, 12.5mm, 20mm,20mm (erecting eyepiece), a 3x and 1.5x ...
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Planets just look like dots! Beginner telescope, hoping for some advice
I'm very new to astronomy and got myself a cheap, used 700mm 70mm diameter refractor scope and am able to see (what I think are) good images of the moon. However when I try to view planets I see ...
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How can I see planets with my telescope? [duplicate]
I have bought a Celestron Astromaster 130 telescope and I am relatively new to astronomy, when I tried to view Jupiter a few months ago I could not make out any details. It was just a white orb. Any ...
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Identify moving object in the sky at night?
Last night in the Carribean, I was looking at the sky at about 8PM EST, and I noticed this really tiny object moving pretty fast from left to right, just between the two stars in the photo. It's very ...
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Brightest most colorful star in eastern morning sky not near any constellations; rises about 4 or 5 am?
I have been believing this is Saturn, but perhaps Antares instead? It is so colorful it shines blue, red, green and white.
It is largest in sky in the East before dawn rises about 4 or 5 AM, seen ...
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What's the object in the sky?
Days before, I saw this pic. I don't know what it is.
Edit: This pic was taken by a Taoist at an ancient ruins in Mongolia on 2012-07-15 04:12 UTC+8 (day break). He said it looked strange.
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Celestron NexStar 130 SLT Computerized Telescope GoTo Not Accurate
I am trying to use a Celestron NexStar 130 SLT Computerized Telescope, but I am not able to use the GoTo function.
I do the three start alignment, it confirms matches,
I make sure the level is ...
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Can't see any detail on planets with my new Celestron NexStar 130 SLT Computerized Telescope [duplicate]
Mars looks like a small white blob/circle and the same with all other planets. This is very frustrating. I've looked all over for a solution jumping from site to site and nothing. Please be different ...
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I have a Model 36050 telescope
My Model 36050 telescope came with the H6mm, H20mm and the green filtered moon lenses. It has a 360mm focal length and a 50mm diamiter. What can be seen with it?
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Beginner looking for extra eyepieces for telescope
I have a Bushnell Voyager Reflector telescope. It came with 2 eyepieces: k4mm and k20mm. And I am trying to find additional eyepieces to zoom in further on planets and stars, but the bushnell website ...
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Struggling to use my new telescope
I recently got my first telescope, a Bushnell reflector telescope. I spent a good while setting up my alignment. And I can see the moon perfectly! I went to look at another, Mars. I got it aligned in ...
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Saw a bright orange object in the sky. What was it? [closed]
Some friends and I were backpacking in the mountains, and at night we saw a very bright orange object in the sky. It looked brighter than Venus. After a couple minutes we realized it was moving ...
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Which lens and magnification is best to see planets?
I just bought a Celestron Travel Scope 70 and it comes with a 20mm and a 10mm eyepiece. I get a good view of the Moon but I am not able to see Jupiter, Saturn or Mars as expected. I read about the ...
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What is the fifth moon-like object I saw around jupiter through my telescope?
Tonight while observing Jupiter I was able to see a five (what looked like) moons. I have observed Jupiter often before and only been able to make out the four galilean moons. It's my understanding ...
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Did I see another planet?
A couple days ago, I zoomed in with my 30x optical zoom camera, and after some exposure adjustments, a bright star in the night sky turned into this:
Are those other planets or other stars? Or is ...
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Where is Mars in the night sky
I live around Houston, Texas and I'm taking advantage of Earth hour to look at the stars. I've found two objects that I think might be Mars. Both of them are in roughly the same plane as Venus and ...
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