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Originally Posted by Bailey
And, what lens should i use to view venus and saturn? I can only seem to see the moon properly.
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Welcome Bailey!
Your comment raises a really interesting point. I remember confronting this when I first used a telescope. It looks nothing like the pictures you see posted around.
It does take practice to train your eyes to be able to see the details. Do a search for "averted vision" as that might give you a few tips to explore.
The planets are really quite far away. The most you're likely to see of Venus is a bright circle and maybe a little more in a massive scope. Saturn is spectacular though as you can often easily see the rings. Jupiter is good too - on a good night and with a decent scope you can see the coloured banding and often 4 of its moons.
If it doesn't already exist, a thread where people can post images from cameras and images of what you're likely to see with your own eyes might be useful.
Cheers,
Af.