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Originally Posted by Visions
I have a Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ MD Reflector Telescope and a 10mm and 20mm eyepiece and a moon filter. I have been looking mostly at the moon so far but I see in my Astronomy Australia 2015 book and that on the 16th of this month at 8pm WST Saturn is 1.9 deg south of the Moon.
Should I be able to see Saturn with this? Or do I need a Barlow lens or something else?
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You will definitely be able to see Saturn with this scope but with the eyepieces you have you will be restricted in low magnifications (33X & 65X). For planets ideally you should try and get the magnification up to around 150X. You could use a Barlow, with your 10mm and a 2X Barlow you would get 130X.