just seen jupiter for the first time

[Daniel-K]

just got up and its very nice outside been waiting a few weeks for jupiter to come up above my house at a reasonble time just saw her almighty belt and 5 moons pritty gob smacked

[tooth_dr]

Just about to head back out myself!

[richbyers]

Yep seems good, i wonder how much better it is in your 200p than my 130?

i was thinking of upgrading.....

rich

[Space Oddity6]

Yep seems good, i wonder how much better it is in your 200p than my 130?

i was thinking of upgrading.....

rich

*Fellow 130 owner eavesdrops on thread despite being no-where near able to afford to upgrade*

[lukebl]

just got up and its very nice outside been waiting a few weeks for jupiter to come up above my house at a reasonble time just saw her almighty belt and 5 moons pritty gob smacked

Always amazing when you see it for the first time. Don't think you saw 5 moons, though!

[klytus]

Always amazing when you see it for the first time. Don't think you saw 5 moons, though!

Four moons maybe, but yea had my very own first view of Jupiter last week through my SW 200p and its was "blumming brilliant" to coin the phrase of one "Ron Weasley" :)

[kmce]

had my telescope out for the first time yesterday and seen 4 moons, kind of wanted to see jupiter bigger thou but it was still good

[Daniel-K]

Always amazing when you see it for the first time. Don't think you saw 5 moons, though!

must have been a distant star then

[abumuhannadh]

i have seen Jupiter and 5 moons last night.

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guess what?

i saw Jupiter and it's four moons, then i turned the scope and saw the Earth's moon xD

[Moonshane]

must have been a distant star then

I think that's right, last time I looked I seem to recall there was a star just above (actually below - using a reflector) the planet which made me look twice. it looked very like another moon but not on the same plane.

well done on your first sighting - it's an awesome sight! don't forget that Uranus is close to Jupiter currently. if you look in your finder there's what appears to be two reasonably bright stars off to the right. I think it's the second one which is a bluish colour which is actually Uranus. if you look it's an obvious disc.

[Daniel-K]

thanks moonshane i will have a gander at that tonight if i can stay awake

[Damnit]

Very nice ....

Been planet spotting for the first time in my life too recently in my newly acquired SW 150/750P ... just a couple of weeks back Jupiter and the 4 moons was the first planet I ever observed in a telescope, but I have also been checking out the super bright Venus lately, a very red but tiny dot of Mars and the "piece de resistance" was a stunningly clear Saturn last week with its lovely rings.

Saturn was the one that really took me by surprise, I really was very impressed and quite excited with the view we had of it, as were the wife and kids ... nice moment to share with them

Last night Jupiter seemed amazingly clear despite other things seeming to be very hazy, could see the moons and even the red bands running across very clearly, not managed to spot the big red dot yet though ...

Think I saw Uranus too last night (are we still allowed to chortle childishly at that poor planet's name?), but the "kit" 10mm EP bundled with my scope does not seem to be very good when doubled up on a 2x Barlow, so it was not so clear and so I cannot be too sure ... more [expensive] eyepieces are on the wishlist already

[Dave Smith]

If you would like to identify which moon is which and get a prediction of when the red spot is visible, there is a free application you can download from my astronomy club's website.

Castle Point Astronomy Club

Dave