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11-10-2005, 10:40 AM
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What is your favourite planet?
A few people have been stating what their favourite planet is, for me it is saturn, then jupiter, then mars.
Just a curious question?
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11-10-2005, 11:36 AM
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Plays well with others!
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For me it is Earth and Saturn...
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11-10-2005, 11:56 AM
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venus and saturn for me... I'd have picked earth but theres no intellegent life here. just gotta look at all the crime and wars 
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11-10-2005, 12:07 PM
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Apart from the Earth.
In the eyepiece  Saturn & Jupiter are 
Saturn for its rings & Jupiter for its fast rotation & the Jovian Moon dance.
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11-10-2005, 12:34 PM
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Through my little scope it would be have to be Saturn and those rings  then Jupiter and it's moons and then Earth and all of it's troubles.. 
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11-10-2005, 12:58 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Just can't beat the gas giants for a breaktaking view through an eyepiece.
Mars because of its proximity and mystery.
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11-10-2005, 01:46 PM
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<--- Comet Hale-Bopp
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Saturn and Jupiter, Mars on close approach.
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11-10-2005, 01:57 PM
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Yep Saturn,Jupiter and Mars ,Its funny we all say saturn first but there is more detail on Jupiter to be seen. Its those rings isn't It ! once your've seen them you can't keep away from them 
Louie
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11-10-2005, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by atalas
Yep Saturn,Jupiter and Mars ,Its funny we all say saturn first but there is more detail on Jupiter to be seen. Its those rings isn't It ! once your've seen them you can't keep away from them
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Your quite correct Louie, just love'em  
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11-10-2005, 04:26 PM
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hey! who else picked venus!!! 
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11-10-2005, 04:37 PM
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Whats visual Astronomy
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Saturn, Jupiter then Mars
Yep its the rings...that does it for me.
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11-10-2005, 05:43 PM
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Planet photographer
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The one that throws up the sharpest/high contrast/crispest/largest image scale with the least amount of mag/don't need big aperture to pull in details.
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11-10-2005, 06:03 PM
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Gone fish'n
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I picked the Earth, cos ya don't need a scope to see it 
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11-10-2005, 07:25 PM
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Gotta be good ole mother earth, then saturn, followed by Jupiter, but then again, the only one that man is likely to set foot on, apart from earth, is mars so that has to be up there too... 
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11-10-2005, 08:24 PM
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southcelestialpole.org
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No points for guessing what I picked...
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11-10-2005, 08:29 PM
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Who knows
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Saturn always gives the wow factor, but for my money it is Jupiter. Just love imaging it and it really is never boring, even on the boring side.
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11-10-2005, 08:37 PM
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If I can see any feature on a planet (rings, landscape) I think it's great!
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11-10-2005, 08:39 PM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Joop then Ringo for me.
Why Joop first I hear you ask? (well, someone did). It has amazing detail easily seen from Earth but mostly because I was in print as the first to observe and record the Massive storm change of the GRS and formation of a 2nd red spot (even though only temporary) approx 18 years ago. So a bit of Nostalgia for good ol' Joop. And coz I love watching the Joopian Moons change location in their orbits, and the shadows they cast on Mother Joop.
But yes, Ringo is a 'Fantastic Planet' (sounds like a good name for a movie). Those rings and multi-coloured bands never fail to please and make viewers go "oooo, aaah!"
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11-10-2005, 09:17 PM
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Hey i just threw Planet x in there for a joke, but someone actually voted for it? who did that????? its not confirmed yet!!!
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11-10-2005, 09:47 PM
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Venus when its a morning star all by itself. Saturn next.
But its the good ol' moon for me. Magnificient desolation.... as Buzz would say. 
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