What to look at?

[gotigers44]

I was wondering what would be something good to look at in my telescope?<br />It is a DS-2000 meade series

 

[gotigers44]

I just got a new telescope and i was wondering what are a few good things to look at with it?<br />It is a DS-2000 meade series

 

[tony873004]

Locate Comet Tempel, the one that the Deep Impact spacecraft will crash into.<br /><br />And while you're in that area of the sky, check out Jupiter and its moon system. I believe Jupiter's moons are about to be edge-on, so you may be able to see transits, occulations, and shadows across the Jovian globe. Check Sky and Telescope magazine or Astronomy Magazine. Good luck. Tell us what you saw.

 

[gotigers44]

I just got a new telescope and i was wondering what are a few good things to look at in the night sky? i have a DS-2000 series meade with autostar

 

[jindivik]

i'm not in touch with whats in the sky the next few weeks, i think Jupiter is visible for quite a while after sunset...in the northwest?

 

[gotigers44]

Thanks

 

[jindivik]

there you go,somebody who knows more of what they are talking about, another suggestion would be buying the starry night software, i have used the pro version and backyard version, starry night pro is much better because there are a lot more features with the program, basically it gives you a real time skymap telling where everything is above your location, including comets, asteroids, stars and planets (obviously) and even satellites, i've managed a glimpse of the ISS quite a few times thanks to starry night <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />it's also a good tool to learn your way around the night sky because thereare options to label all of the objects and constellations making them easier to find once you get a clear night

 

[yevaud]

This is an online class guide with some fair information. It's a non-science major course at my old department at Boston University. Might give you some decent information.<br /><br />AS 102 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[jcdenton]

You might want to try out Sky & Telescope. Just click on <i>View Sky Chart</i>. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jeremy_swinarton]

The whirlpool galaxy (M51) is a good target right now. It is almost directly overhead.