Saturn Through a 2 inch Telescope

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I used a 2-inch refractor to do my observation. In the beginning it was more to the right of the edge of the field of view, so that's why it looks awful, please excuse me for that. Saturn (at the time of recording) was north east of the moon on May 11, 2011.

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[AaVeck]

how big of a difference is it going from a 25mm to a 50mm? how much more detail can you see and how much closer are you to the planet?

[astrophysics03]

@AaVeck It is a pretty big difference. With a 50 mm telescope you can't pick up much detail for anything unless you are in very dark skies. However, with the eyepiece, and several zooms, you can get some blurry detail. But the point is, to always have a focus on the best image possible, and as you can see the best image possible on this video Saturn looks like a dot. I never used an eyepiece for this, so it could be the difference. But any telescope is good, I give you my word.

[AccessDenied55]

I have a 50mm and it cant see anything except the moon and sometimes mars and venus

Thanks forposting

[astrophysics03]

@AccessDenied55 Maybe the problem is the eyepiece. I get great views because I use two sets of eyepieces that are 4 mm and 20 mm, the largest being 4 mm. For example, in this video it was just the image with no eyepiece. In my Mars video I used the 4 mm eyepiece and zoomed in a lot and got some detail. In my moon video I also used a 4 mm eyepiece, and in the 'moon during the day' video I used the 20 mm eyepiece. It all depends on the eyepiece, or it could be light pollution.

[AccessDenied55]

@astrophysics03 Wait at 0:53 which one is the planet?

I lost all the equipment that came with my telescope long ago because my younger sister use to play with them a lot, I found one buried in the snow XD

[astrophysics03]

@AccessDenied55 It's the one on the left. What you see on the right is actually the telescope itself. It's just it wasn't properly aimed at the center until I later did. It moved so fast and I had to move the telescope to get a good image of it. Maybe it could be the eyepiece then, because it plays a big role on the image and magnification of the object you want to see.

[greenbananaful]

very good

[rizer912]

not bad for your first vid! keep 'em coming!

[09victoryrc]

Hey,that's kinda cool.that scope must show good details of our moon If it can get Saturn that well. Saturn looked cool.