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Originally Posted by julianh72
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Jupiter is the brightest object in the early evening; look for it in the north-west sky, but it sets around 8:30 pm (and it sets a little earlier each successive day) so you have missed the best chance to view it...
Mars is the brightest object overhead through the evening, so is an easy find (look for a bright red "star", more or less overhead and to the North), but it is relatively small, so you may not see much "Wow" detail unless you can get a fair bit of magnification. (Current magnitude: -0.7, current apparent size: 12.8", or about 1/3 the apparent size of Jupiter when viewed through a telescope)
Hope this helps!
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I think I will be watching the planet at about 9pm onward so Jupiter is out of reach.
Yes, I also found few "red" stars looks like Mars (if I don't know the position without looking for at Stellarium).
Looks Mars will be my next watch.
Not sure the other galaxy, eg. Andromeda, Orion nebula.
Can I see the colour or clouds these 2 galaxies by the 10in dob?