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…I just received this scope today[...]! as seeing conditions were poor, clouds covering most the sky, i only saw jupiter. although i had to use a filter to observe any clouds bands everything was nice…

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…The LNT module instructions need more information. Once I figured that out, I have had amazing results. The colored cloud bands on Jupiter are amazing as well as Saturn's rings. This is my second… 31 more reviews »

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… nights to practice so far this spring .. clouds aren't very interesting through any eyepiece, but it is certainly fun to play around with this scope regardless of the weather (except in the rain of course).…

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…. Cloud bands are visible, and I've also seen as many as five of Saturn's moons. I find that Jupiter shows itself best at about 150x in the ED80. Moving up to 200x usually results in a slightly soft image… 1 more review »

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… house looking at the moon, start clusters, the moons and cloud bands of Jupiter, and the Andromeda Galaxy. It is big enough to see all of these things from a big city yet it is small enough to easily fit… 15 more reviews »

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…'s rings were fully visible with the 9.7mm eyepiece as were Jupiter and her 4 largest moons. With clear viewing, cloud bands are even visible on Jupiter.

The only drawback I have found… 9 more reviews »

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… attainable with this scope... the planets especially highlighting Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter you can see the main moons as well as cloud detail in the bands including the GRS. Saturn is visible with its… 58 more reviews »

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… and white bands of clouds too!! It wasn't huge in the eyepiece, but hey, we're not using the Hubble Telescope here. I even got a good look at Saturn as well. Saturn was literally this big -0… 4 more reviews »

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…This telescope is adequate for seeing the moon in great detail, very small images of planets, and some detail in nebulae. However, don't expect to see huge colorful gas clouds filling the viewing…

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… was able to see Mars, Saturn's rings, Jupiter's moon and clouds, even behind a tinted glass! That's how high quality these optics are. Able to gather celestial light even with such terrible viewing… 17 more reviews »

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…, in color, including the cloud bands around the planet. My six-foot baby boy was doing the Happy Dance at 2 AM on a quiet gravel road. He woke up all the critters, and we had to go home!… 7 more reviews »

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… viewing was done under urban conditions with a fair amount of light pollution. Under these conditions I am able to see cloud bands on Jupiter and the four moons, Saturn and the Cassini division (under… 13 more reviews »

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… details. However, this larger magnification is more suitable for viewing more distant objects. For example, while looking at Orion, I clearly saw what appeared to be a cloud surrounding one of the stars…

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… wingnut. Great customer service!

Setup was easy, just follow the instructions. I had the scope together and was looking at Jupiter the next night (there were clouds the first night). I live… 14 more reviews »

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…TheMartian and followed everything there to get a really good alignment.

First light Report:
Saw Jupiter with the four moons and it was spectacular. I could even see the clouds of Jupiter. Moon…