Best Planetary Objects to View

[BenConway]

mine would definatly be Jupiter or the moon. The size of jupiter is just amazing as well as the red spot. The moon also has some amazing creaters and being the easiest thing to see with a naked eye

[onesmallstep]

Hi and welcome to SGL

Just voted

[Astro Imp]

I voted for Jupiter, just edged it over Saturn as it's forever changing with it's moons. Fascinating to watch the moons change position over an evening.

[Welrod50]

Jupiter for its relative accessibility coupled with an equal meaure of a challenge depending on the seeing conditions. Saturn is a favourite too, for similar reasons. The moon a good third for me. This may sound silly but, it is always there so I tend to take it a bit for granted, although to see it through the scope, is pretty spectacular.

Scott

[Stargazer33]

I'd have to go with Saturn and the Moon. Saturn was the first real planet that I saw through an old 10x50 spotting scope. No real detail just a 'disc with ears', but it was enough to get me hooked. Half a dozen years later and I have a scope that I can really start to see stuff with. The moon because you can see so much detail - craters within craters, walls, mountains, valleys. So easily overlooked in the chase for 'better' objects and because it is so familiar, but it very rarely disappoints.

[knobby]

Saturn junkie here

[Matt Scunthorpe]

I have to go with the moon. I can just look at it for hours, with optics or not.

[John]

Jupiter for me. There is so much going on there - the view is never quite the same

[Astro Imp]

It's interesting to view the results of the poll with Jupiter way out ahead. I would have expected a neck and neck race between it and Saturn. I wonder if the result would be the same in a few months when Saturn is easily viewable. As a matter of interest I cast my vote for Jupiter.

[tone2012]

i love looking at the moon, but the first time i see Jupiter (4 weeks ago) i was amazed, even though it was not very big to me as i only have a SW 130/650 and my smallest EP is a 10mm i could still see its moons

[paul schofield]

Jupiter for me then Saturn then Pluto, only joking never seen Pluto. Also I think mars will move up the list if I ever get a good view of it.

[BenConway]

in my view (exuse the pun) i must say jupiter or saturn are now my favorite. I didnt realise how beautiful they were until i wrote an article on them

[FarSide]

Mercury gets some real bad press because of it's 'boring' geography and difficulty to see. I'm a Mercury fan myself.

[stonemonkeylives]

In all honesty I am in utter awe of any planet I see, including the moon, they are incredibly beautiful sights to behold.

That said if I had to choose just one, it would be Jupiter and its moons as previously mentioned.

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[perrin6]

I would have selected Earth if it was there. Earth is the most beautiful, rich, dynamic incredible, complex - and all those superlatives !

[skywatcher250]

saturn 4 me - although its gone for years i hear (or very low in the sky )

[cantharis]

Saturn for ever!!

[cantharis]

saturn 4 me - although its gone for years i hear (or very low in the sky )

Saturn will next be at opposition on April 28, 2013, like all the planets its path will be the plane of the ecliptic. It will be visible all night long, being highest in the sky at midnight and magnitude 0.7. SOOOOO lokking forward to it.

[BenConway]

i look foward to that

[BenConway]

sgl should host a global star party where everyone meets up with their scope (somewhere in the uk hopefull)

[BenConway]

i have heard of sgl8 and am hopefully going to it

[DommyDevil18]

My personal favourite Astronomical body to look at is Saturn since it was the 1st thing I ever saw through my 1st major telescope I seen it when I was 9 and I remember being hooked on the rings and I was treated with Titan Enceladus and Rhea being in view amazing experience that was I would love to see Saturn through a Telescope again one day, well since Winter is just around the corner I can guarantee that I will be using my telescope or my new set of Binoculars so watch this space

[skywatcher250]

not long at all then - great !!!!

[cantharis]

(somewhere in the uk hopefull)

No, we don´t want it to rain !!!!!

[Photosbykev]

sgl should host a global star party where everyone meets up with their scope (somewhere in the uk hopefull)

They do http://stargazerslounge.com/page/sgl8.html