You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Telescope Specific Forums >> Meade ETX Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Prima Luna super member Reged: 01/17/09 Posts: 112 Loc: Huntington Beach, California Planet Viewing ETX-125 Which ones?       #3302916 - 08/29/09 11:29 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi. Which planets will I be and won't be able to see using this scope? So far I have seen Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. I haven't tried to view any of the others. Which ones will I not be able to see. And how much power will I need to see them? Thanks in advance! -------------------- Meade ETX-125AT w/UHTC & Tripod Celestron Regal LX 10X42 7mm TMB Planetary 9mm TMB Planetary 26mm Meade Series 4000 Super Plössl 35mm Orion Ultrascopic 2X Barlow Orion Shorty Aluminum Hard Carry Case 07609 TeleVue TAC-1003 Air Chair Celestron NightVision Flashlight 93588 Edited by Prima Luna (08/30/09 03:05 PM) Post Extras:       Treehopper professor emeritus Reged: 07/29/08 Posts: 582 Loc: Upstate NY Re: Planet Viewing ETX-125 Which one? [Re: Prima Luna]       #3302941 - 08/29/09 11:47 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Depends what you mean by "see", (at the risk of sounding rather Clinton-esque with that response.) You should be able to see all the planets, but some will be a bit...shall we say...understated. That's nothing to get too worked up over; scopes of all sizes have trouble with the outer planets like Uranus and Neptune (and the recently demoted "dwarf planet", Pluto.) Consequently, when you view some of these planets, even at higher magnifications, they'll appear as slightly more rounded stars. Mercury can be a tricky one to snag, not only because of its size, but because it never travels too far from the Sun. As a result it never climbs too high above the horizon to get a real good look at. If you know right where to look for it, you can catch it low to the horizon near sunset. It'll look like a very tiny crescent moon right about now. -------------------- Tim Champion of small aperture scopes everywhere! Meade ETX-125PE Meade ETX-80 Celestron FirstScope 76mm Mini-dob Updated: 09/16/2009 Post Extras:       dengwer super member Reged: 02/14/06 Posts: 154 Loc: Texas Re: Planet Viewing ETX-125 Which one? [Re: Treehopper]       #3304076 - 08/30/09 02:41 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I find that a red or orange filter helps see the cresent phase of mercury and also helps on dark features of mars. About 100X for Mercury and about 200X for Mars works for me. David -------------------- ETX125AT Wife's ETX90RA Orion Ultra-View 10x50 Meade 12" Lightbridge Deluxe coronado PST Post Extras:       Prima Luna super member Reged: 01/17/09 Posts: 112 Loc: Huntington Beach, California Re: Planet Viewing ETX-125 Which one? [Re: dengwer]       #3304127 - 08/30/09 03:04 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I looked for Neptune and Uranus las night ( a few hours after I posted this thread) but couldn't figure out if I was looking at them. I wasn't sure if I was viewing the planets or stars. I tried to see if the object increased in size with magnification to determine if it was a planet. What I saw is that it was bigger, but a fuzzy circle. But after I put everything away, I took one last look at Jupiter with my binoculars and noticed fuzziness around it - thin layer of clouds were coming in, so maybe that is what I saw when viewing the planet? -------------------- Meade ETX-125AT w/UHTC & Tripod Celestron Regal LX 10X42 7mm TMB Planetary 9mm TMB Planetary 26mm Meade Series 4000 Super Plössl 35mm Orion Ultrascopic 2X Barlow Orion Shorty Aluminum Hard Carry Case 07609 TeleVue TAC-1003 Air Chair Celestron NightVision Flashlight 93588 Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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