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To: SunkenCiv
I have a punky little AstroMaster telescope that only cost $100 and can easily make out Saturn and Jupiter and their largest moons.

Looks about as good as this:

Better than any telescope Galileo had, I suppose.

11 posted on 07/16/2014 3:48:40 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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Some readers may misunderstand. What is pictured is not a shadow of the Moon or anything else falling on Saturn. You can see the illuminated part of the Moon but to its right is a dark portion that blends into the dark background of space. Saturn is pictured partly hidden by the darkened portion of the Moon. An observer on Saturn (more likely on one of its moons) would see (in a telescope) our Moon as a partly illuminated crescent in front of the earth with similar light and dark areas.


12 posted on 07/16/2014 3:55:17 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Sectarian warfare -- no dog in that hunt)
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