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What configuration would it be best to observe mercury or Venus with an earth based telescope?
It is best to view any of the planets listed when they are at their greatest eastern or western elongation. This is only a configuration that exists for planets closer to the sun than we are. Elongation refers to the angle of the planet from the sun from earth view. At greatest elongation, they have the farthest possible angle from the sun. This means that the planets are in a place in their orbit where they are brightest and most visible from earth.
For planets, farther from the sun than us on earth, the best possible time to view them is when they are in opposition. This refers to the planet being opposite the sun in the sky; this being the obvious opposite of the conjunction configuration where a planet appears behind the sun in the sky.
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Will You Go Blind If You Look At Planet Venus through a telescope?
No, looking at Venus through a telescope will not make you go blind. It is safe to observe Venus using proper eye protection and following safe viewing practices similar to observing the sun.
Can you see any planets from earth with a telescope?
Yes, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn had been discovered several millennia before the invention of the telescope.
Which planets are visible without a telescope?
Venus is the brightest light in the sky except for the Sun and moon when it is out. Also, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are readily visible in the night sky. Mercury is visible, but only right before sunrise or after sunset.
Galileo was the first astronomer to use what?
Galileo was the first astronomer to use a telescope to observe celestial objects in detail. This helped him make groundbreaking discoveries such as the moons of Jupiter and the phases of Venus, which provided strong evidence for the heliocentric model of the solar system.
What 8 planets were known to make up the solar system before the telescope was invented?
Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. There were six.
The planets that were known before the telescope was invented were?
Mercury, Venus, (Earth), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Will You Go Blind If You Look At Planet Venus through a telescope?
No, looking at Venus through a telescope will not make you go blind. It is safe to observe Venus using proper eye protection and following safe viewing practices similar to observing the sun.
Which planets were known before the invention or the telescope?
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were known before the invention of the telescope. These planets are visible to the naked eye in Earth's night sky, thus they were observed and named by ancient civilizations.
Can you see any planets from earth with a telescope?
Yes, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn had been discovered several millennia before the invention of the telescope.
Which planets are visible without a telescope?
Venus is the brightest light in the sky except for the Sun and moon when it is out. Also, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are readily visible in the night sky. Mercury is visible, but only right before sunrise or after sunset.
Do you need a telescope to observe the phases of Venus?
Yes. Even a fairly small telescope will be adequate to reveal "the horns" of Venus. When Venus is at its maximum distance from the sun (to our perspective--not its aphelion) it will be half full. After that it either becomes crescent shaped as it swings our way, or fills out as it moves behind the sun.
Galileo was the first astronomer to use what?
Galileo was the first astronomer to use a telescope to observe celestial objects in detail. This helped him make groundbreaking discoveries such as the moons of Jupiter and the phases of Venus, which provided strong evidence for the heliocentric model of the solar system.
What 8 planets were known to make up the solar system before the telescope was invented?
Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. There were six.
Planet that has no moons?
The planets in our solar system that do not have any moons are Mercury and Venus.
Can you observe Venus through a telescope during civil twilight?
Indeed you can. When at its brightest, Venus is about one-fourth as bright as all the rest of the stars (but not the Moon) put together. You can even see it for a bit when the Sun is out.
What 2 planets are considered the morning and evening stars?
Mercury and Venus are visible to naked eye or small telescope observation at these times but are also visible in transit of the sun (as they go across the disc of the sun). This means that no planets are only visible at sunrise or sunset.
Which planet is visible from earth in the night sky?
That applies mainly to the inner planets: Mercury and Venus. Mars, being further from the Sun than Earth, can at most have a "three-quarter" phase, but you can't see it as a crescent, since that would require Mars to be basically between the Sun and Earth, which isn't possible. Saturn shows no phases.
