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Originally Posted by rmcconachy
You will see them but don't expect much, if anything in most cases, in the way of detail. With a large scope and really good conditions you might very occasionally see some shading on the Galilean moons. However, Titan, Uranus and Neptune are pretty much going to be tiny featureless (other than colour) balls at best. Percival Lowell sketched all kinds of stuff, some of it even existed.  |
Thanks! yeah! LOL. Yeah I guess it's tough to see much. I want to be like Lowell! I saw the Shiaparellian canals=mountain ranges, lava etc, in 2003, (not the Lowellian ones which probably don't exist). But I love that stuff! I love sketching the planets and the distant ones are especially interesting for me cos no-one's got a good enough scope to see what's going on right now! LOL!