2009-09-29, 09:56 PM
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.
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.)
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It 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.)


![[Image: FromTelescope.jpg]](http://astronomyonline.org/SolarSystem/Images/Jupiter/FromTelescope.jpg)