Please share what details can be seen of Saturn and Jupiter. Can the red spot, bands and rings be clearly resolved?
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The rings can be seen on Saturn, the bands on Jupiter, and the Great Red Spot. You can make out the reddish hue on Mars, but don't expect to see the ice caps. On a clear night you can see this items fairly clearly. The moon has some excellent detail in it, but that's not too difficult to achieve. You can also view some star clusters nicely as well. The Great Red Spot "can" be resolved if you have a sharp enough focus and clear enough night. The double cluster looks fantastic.
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Yes to the first two, unsure about Saturn' s rings as I have not actually looked at them through these binoculars. My assumption is that they would be visible, based on the overall performance of these binocs.
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They come in all different sizes. some of the planets are 3"across, the biggest one is like the sun 8". Hopefully that gives you a comparison point. We love them!
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What is the strength of the eye piece? I remember when I looked at Jupiter through the XT8, I could clearly see some of the cloud bands on Jupiter along with the four largest moons.
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Yes, I've seen Jupiter (and 4 of its moons) with some banding, Saturn, Venus and Mars. If you want more detail you need to get at least a 6" reflector, but yes it can easily see the above planets. I tried Mercury with it, but Mercury is tricky.
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Stars are pretty good pin-points in the central region of the lenses. I am not sure of all 4 of Jupiter's moons. Maybe with a tripoid.
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It has a smooth reflector but it has 2 rings from the beam. It looks like rings around Saturn when shined on the wall. When turned off then on it goes to the next setting. It works well for what i need. Price is right. Took 5 weeks for delivery.
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You can see four moons of Jupiter and sometimes the lines of Jupiter, I have not been able to see Saturn jet but I am sure you can see the rings of Saturn.
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No, I haven't noticed any planets or constellations for that matter. It's a great effect...peaceful...and very romantic, dancing under the starlight in your own home, if you're looking for that. You can have both lights on or just the green laser star pattern or the blue nebula cloud. I think it's pretty awesome, myself.
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First night out of the box saw Jupiter and four moons IMG_0085.JPG. It takes a couple of hours to set up initially. We saw the moon last night and were very glad we have the moon filter. We since have bought the soft carrying case.
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You can see Jupiter and if you're in the right place, Mars and Venus. You will need to purchase the lens expansion pack to get good detail on either, but the expansion should also let you get some pretty good views of Saturn and its rings.
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Well with the light pollution in LA. I live in the valley. I'm pretty happy with what I get. Jupiter's clouds, Saturn's rings and even use it to see the Orion Nebula.
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There are several issues that could be here, depending upon your experience with telescopes and such. First question: could you see the moons in a more or less straight row on one side or the other of Jupiter? If not, it would seem you possibly aligned on a bright star like Castor or Pollux rather than Jupiter? The finder has to be aligned to the mail optical tube on a real object. I find the Moon easier as you can always find it by shadow, glare or just plain luck. Have someone hold the image in the scope while you tweak the finder knobs to get the red dot centered on some feature of the moon and have that feature centered in the eyepiece field of view. If you could see the moons, but no detail on the planet there could be a couple of issues. The more complex of which is that if your eyes are like mine, I need a bigger image to pick out detail. Yet observing buddies can see plenty of detail in small images. Go figure I guess. If you were using the eyepiece with the longer focal length number, the one with the scope might be a 20 or 25-mm I forget. Then once you have the planet centered or off to the leading edge of the field, switch to the higher power or the lower focal length eyepiece and refocus. Hope this is helpful!
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It's relative. The humidity, the clarity of sky, the artificial light absence, the quality of the eyepieces, the seing, are fundamentals conditions. But, this telescope give you a good experience observing Saturn and his rings. In good ambiental conditions, even you can see Cassini's división, and four moons: Io, Calisto, Ganímedes and Europe. Regards from Chile.
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My son has seen as far as jupiter & you can see the gas bands. He says it shows up the size of a marble, which is really good.
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Just last week I was able to pick out 3 of Jupiter's moons under city lights with these. Although I couldn't make out any banding, I could clearly tell that Jupiter was not just a point of light. I expect Saturn will look slightly oblong, but I doubt the rings will show up distinctly. Orion and the Pleiades looked impressive with the wider field of view than what my telescope gives me. Open clusters looked good as well. They're far more convenient than hauling out a telescope, but there are large trade offs vs a decent 6 or 8" dob telescope that will run 1/2 the price. But then a telescope is useless during the day for birding or sports. Just last week I was able to pick out 3 of Jupiter's moons under city lights with these. Although I couldn't make out any banding, I could clearly tell that Jupiter was not just a point of light. I expect Saturn will look slightly oblong, but I doubt the rings will show up distinctly. Orion and the Pleiades looked impressive with the wider field of view than what my telescope gives me. Open clusters looked good as well. They're far more convenient than hauling out a telescope, but there are large trade offs vs a decent 6 or 8" dob telescope that will run 1/2 the price. But then a... » Read More Just last week I was able to pick out 3 of Jupiter's moons under city lights with these. Although I couldn't make out any banding, I could clearly tell that Jupiter was not just a point of light. I expect Saturn will look slightly oblong, but I doubt the rings will show up distinctly. Orion and the Pleiades looked impressive with the wider field of view than what my telescope gives me. Open clusters looked good as well. They're far more convenient than hauling out a telescope, but there are large trade offs vs a decent 6 or 8" dob telescope that will run 1/2 the price. But then a telescope is useless during the day for birding or sports. « Show Less
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A lot of moon. On a clear sky if you are lucky a glimpse of Mars and Jupiter