(11-18-2020, 08:56 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(11-18-2020, 08:48 PM)Jags Wrote: I’m glad I correctly identified it for my wife.  That is just awesome to be able to see it with the naked eye. Call me crazy, but I don’t see the “twinkle” in stars.  Perhaps too much light pollution?   I can only see a few stars where I’m at.  And I feel I see jupiter almost all the time.  The brightest thing I can see and it’s not toward the north.

In good seeing conditions it’s possible to  see the polar ice caps on Mars when they’re prominent. The bands of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn are easily seen with low magnification. 

You would be amazed at what you can see in the sky with just a pair of binoculars. If you have a set check it out sometime.

Will do.  Ever since I was a kid I’ve always been fascinated by “outer space” the stars, solar system just space in general.  Heck, I watch a ton of science channel still.  Back when I had an android phone, I had some google app that would tell me what star or planet I was looking at while I held the camera to the night sky.  I’ll have to get more aquatinted with which planets are where and when then pull out a pair of binos.  Would love to get a telescope.  And if things work out, where I’m heading it’s almost a prerequisite.

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