IsaacGS Wrote:I've had a telescope for a long time but I haven't used it for quite a while now. I'm taking an astronomy course this semester so I decided to break it out today and have a look. I was able to zoom in and get a really nice clear look at Jupiter, and see all 4 of the Galilean Moons (which is really cool, because Europa is my favorite celestial body in the solar system.) The only other planet I have ever been able to see through it was Mars, and that was really cool too. It was several years ago when it was very close to earth, so I could see a lot of detail.i'm also taking an astronomy course and man that stuff is interesting, too bad i dont have a telescope
SpoilerIt looked sort of like that, but the moons were not tilted like that and I could clearly see clouds on Jupiter's surface.
Anyway, I was wondering does anyone else here have a telescope, or at least an interest in astronomy? Anyone seen any of the planets through a telescope?
(If you want to see Jupiter but don't have access to anything, you can see it very clearly with your naked eye right now. It's quite bright, and where I live it's just below the moon, so it's really easy to spot.)
did u know that u can see venus (kinda) clearly right now with ur naked eye too? it rise before the sun and it's the biggest and brightest star in the sky before sunrise
ps: interesting facts that i learned in astronomy that i wanna share
1/ global warming isn't entirely caused by human, there are a whole bunch of other factors as well, such as the sea (which gives off way more carbon dioxide than we do), precession (where the earth's tilt change) and such and such
2/ ASTROLOGY IS PHONY, the constellations are even wrong. i took a look at the ecliptic path and it turned out there's actually 13 constellations and ppl that were born in the very beginning and end of month might have their sign mixed up
3/ can't think of any right now XD


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