Venus through a telescope

[Darko2625]

Hey,use some filters...it's too bright!

[LuisReefTank]

im about to buy a telescope with 100x magnification, what would venus look like? what about saturn rings?

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

@LuisReefTank 100x are enough to see Venus phases similar like images shown when googling for "venus phases".

Saturn rings would also be clearly visible using a magnification of 100x

[Lvieru96]

hmmm,im really interested to see this,but i dont know were to look for it.I live in manchester,england and its autumn.i might get a telescope (refeactor) maybe,i dont really understand in reflectors and refractors but i will just see.

[DarkT3mpo]

@Lvieru96 maybe too late but other people might need it, use stellarium software to see where everything is whenever it is and from any place.

Refractor = objective lens, reflector = objective mirror. Recommended reflector cheaper/inch of apperture, no chromatic abberation

[dengekitomato]

I loled.. Very random but I liked

[NskMedia]

WTF! cool

[JandDforevah]

I want to ask you sir if i will be able to see the venus with a 15x magnification telescope i bought???because in it's manual it says that you can see venus in it's phases when using it,but when i use it to see the venus it appears to be just like a small star like a dot,is there any wrong to my telescope??

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

@JandDforevah Probably 15x magnification is not enough. If you could change the eyepiece of the telescope or add a barlow lens, you would get more magnification. With 50x magnification you should see Venus phases clearly.

[JandDforevah]

@CumputerPhysiscsLab thank u very much sir!!!

[britelite2657]

gr8 music lol

[joner97]

@britelite2657 haha^^

[Aarongr4]

can u see venus in england and where does venus rise?

[AkiThePirate]

@Aarongr4 Venus sets in the West 'round this time, it's only out early in the night. Saturn and Mars are there too, and Jupiter rises at ~1a.m. in the East.

[SherrieLeaLaird]

I would like to know approx how long this would stay in the sky and would it move about. Does it ever follow anyone or does it stay very still.

I had a ufo experience for a few days and I want to make sure it's not venus

thanks! and this thing moved and came into view

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

@SherrieLeaLaird It moves everyday, but not too fast. The Moon moves faster indeed. Venus is always near the sunset or sunrise.

[SherrieLeaLaird]

@CumputerPhysiscsLab thanks. Is it possible for it to be over the highway with the naked eye and then somewhere else later...I've since proved that mine wasn't Venus...but I was triple checking. Love.

[Saggmos95]

is it visable in summer in sweden?

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

Maybe, at the dawn, looking to the East.

[SpongeyLego]

yep ya can see it in summer in sweden in 2010

[1234qwerty09]

i can see venus alot better than that with my telescope

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

Congratulations, which model is your telescope? Mine is a Tanzutsu 114mm diameter.

[keith139]

mines only a meade 80mm and i can see venuses phases i cant see any of its clouds but i can see its phases easily through my meade 80mm and no coma like seen in yours

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

I guess your scope is a high quality apochromatic refractor. My 114mm is not a high performance equipment and it is not a Meade.

However I can also see Venus phases clearly. I think we could see cloud details using special filters...

[7SwitzerlandAustria7]

@CumputerPhysiscsLab made in China right???

[ganymedeIV4]

yea it looks like a bluish Fireball at the moment even dispite filters

[hyparh]

It's not hard, but impossible to see the surface of Venus with any optical instrument. She has very thick cloud cover which makes her bright white. Pretty boring object to observe.

[havefaith445]

it is hard to see the surface of Venus.

[Chrisjr2007]

Venus always look like that on telescopes!