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Daytime observing

Started by hemismith, 10/10/2006 05:04AM
Posted 10/10/2006 05:04AM Opening Post
I would like to do something at my daughter's school during the day. There are apparently no sunspots now. I know sometimes the moon is visible. I've heard you can sometimes see Jupiter in the daytime. How about Saturn? It's high overhead in the morning. I have a goto scope but it won't find anything without first aligning to stars. Would I be able to find/see it with my 80 mm refractor?
Posted 10/10/2006 12:58PM #1
Hi:

I often find Venus during the day, it's crescent form is quite visable in an 80mm refractor. I imagine Jupiter is as well. One must be very careful because of the closeness of the sun.

The moon is pretty easy and if one of the other planets is nearby, it makes them easier to locate.

Jon
Posted 10/11/2006 01:13AM #2
I have found both Saturn and Jupiter during the day. I have an LX200 Classic, and did a "null alignment" find on both objects which both easily fell into the field of view. (This was at a school demo I helped with last year) Jupiter, we could make out two main cloud bands. Saturn was very recognizable and kinda cool with the dark blue background.

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