So this is the Telescope my friend borrowed from his brother-in-law. He unfortunately did not have the tracker on, the batteries needed to be replaced, so we have to chase Saturn through the sky, well the earth was rotating that is
. We were able to see the rings of Saturn, even though our night was not that clear.
Jupiter was next to it, the smaller of the two. We drove to Madisonville which is north of Huntsville, Texas. Within about an hour the planets were no longer available as the moved toward the horizon.
We did not have a camera attachment either, an SLR would of been great, our cell phones did not justice. Glad I went though, nice way to close out 2020.
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No those are not reelections
, they are actually the planets. Putting a cell phone to the viewer
, sad, just not a good way, without a camera accessory to get a good shot.
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