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Originally Posted by ZeroID
Out of a Window !! Now that has got to be difficult. Whats the light pollution level like where you are ? Window open of course ?
You will only find a few planets if you are lucky. At present I have Mars in th western sky in the early evening and Saturn after about 8 pm in the NE. Jupiter won't show up till later this year. Venus near the sun can eb seen but is just a bright star like blob. The rest are not really visible to identify in a 114mm.
Here's my current viewing thread, temps down about 10 degree C so bundling up warm but not frozen yet. I wear biking gloves, no finger ends to keep the hands moving and take a Thermos.
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We are up pretty high so out of the window gives me a 180 view West, no light pollution at all. What do you mean "Jupiter won't show up till later this year", an Aus amateur astronomer caught a meteor event on jupiter just a few days ago didn't he. I do most of my looking in the early morning hours or before the moon rises. As soon as I've worked out this 114 and get used to using it and th lenses, I will get somehting much better until then I will just bubble on. Thanks.