Have you tried observing Planets of our Solar System from Earth's Night Sky before?

[Curiosity2006]

Here's your chance! Mars, Jupiter & Saturn using Nikon P1000 & P900 Telescopes.

[Andres77]

I was driving through Tucson Arizona one night and saw a bunch of people in a parking lot, looking up at the night sky so I stopped. They had a very powerful telescope and you could see Saturn as clearly as you can see the moon with your naked eye, I had always paid attention to the stars with regard to telling direction, but I never really paid attention to them Beyond that. Since then I paid more attention, also to the meteor showers and lunar eclipses. I saw both of the comets in the 90s, Haley’s comet and the Hale-Bop I think They were both visible for days.

[Curiosity2006]

That sounds angelical! Had Super Saturn replaced our casual Saturn we would've been able to see it from our sky at day/night without any telescope either! www.worldatlas.com/.../...9-9bcd-5e58fd19c28a.jpeg
https://space.fandom.com/wiki/J1407b

[Andres77]

The skies are heavenly.

[Andres77]

That’s cool

[NamerOfStars]

I'd be a lot more interested in the people who've observed them from somewhere else...

[Curiosity2006]

Aaaa... as in, landed on them?

[NamerOfStars]

I was thinking more "observed them from another planet", but I suppose that would apply to those ON them, too.

[SnowedIn]

Saw them last week when the beings returned me.

[Curiosity2006]

God, Damnit! Wish it had been Me!

[SnowedIn]

Not them. Although they have lovely china in their sitting rooms.

These folks:
https://ibb.co/1s9Vd0C

[Curiosity2006]

Yikes! Guess They invented American football XDD

[SnowedIn]

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣

[andreasderjuengere]

Being a sailor, it's one of the navigation skills that's sometimes helpful.

I sometimes observe them with a sextant (for landlubbers: this is a NAUTICAL instrument :D )

[Curiosity2006]

That's ethereal!! ❤️❤️

[andreasderjuengere]

Indeed. Mars and Venus especially are good friends to me. Along with the Sun (''our'' sun, that is) and the Moon.
:)

[Curiosity2006]

But why do you sail the seven seas? Are you a fisherman/pirate? XDD

[andreasderjuengere]

Sports sailor. And to be honest: Two of the seven seas are still missing on my list :)
Although I could be interested in a pirate's career... :D
Anyhow - my profession is making pleasure 'boats' ; you guessed very closely.

[Curiosity2006]

That's a hell of a life! (figuratively lol XP)

[andreasderjuengere]

I won't complain. Heh heh.

[Jersey2]

I like looking through my binoculars at the moon or the Seven Sisters. I have used my telescope to spot Jupiter’s rings. I want to develop my skills with Astrophotography. :)

[Curiosity2006]

Oh that's exquisite!

But uhmm... Has Jupiter formed any rings in the past hour?

[Jersey2]

Lol, yeah.. Saturn. Jupiter for the big red spot.

I wonder how many people drive a Subaru and don’t understand that its the seven sisters or also Pleiades. Anyway, its been a while since I use the telescope. I have one with auto tracking and just haven’t set it up yet. Life is too busy plus I can be lazy.

[Curiosity2006]

XDD A lot actually, many people are quite oblivious to anything else going on other than their daily-life routines.

[Jersey2]

True. So many names in movies are from the stars like Bellatrix, Draco from Harry Potter, Castor Pollux from Hunger Games and more.

[Curiosity2006]

Awwkwaaard... Now that I didn't know! XDDD Thank you!

[Jersey2]

:)

Betelgeuse, just don’t say it three times or here will appear. Sirus Black too.
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From the internet:
The title for “Beetlejuice” is a play on the character Betelgeuse’s name, which in turn based on the Betelgeuse star, which is housed in the infinite blackness of space but in the same constellation as the more famous star Orion. (Screenwriter McDowell was surprised anyone picked up on the reference.) Warner Bros, however, didn’t think there was anything clever or funny or interesting about the movie’s title, and begged Tim Burton to allow them to change it. He refused.

The alternate title the studio had come up with was “House Ghosts,” which, at the very least, beats out “Anonymous Haunted House Story 39480,” which more or less conveys the same general mood and aura. Burton, the story goes, suggested “Scared Sheetless” as a joke (a reference to the scene where the Maitlands attempt to scare the Deetzes out of the house by wearing bed sheets – something they consider spooky but comes off as utterly laughable). Much to Burton’s horror, the studio actually liked his idea, and tried to rename the movie. Burton finally put his foot down and said that the movie would be called “Beetlejuice.” Once and for all.
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Also, Betelgeuse is supposed to be the gateway to space’s darkness and the character is the gateway to the underworld.

[exitseven]

Yes, I had a telescope when I was a kid. I used to see Mars, venus and Saturn. I saw a comet once and I saw the space shuttle fly overhead.

[Curiosity2006]

Marvelous life you've lived! : D

[Grovermint]

For astronomy class, so roughly sixteen years ago.

[TonyMetal___86]

Only from my telescope

[Curiosity2006]

You can even see Venus! It's the brightest planet from night sky view as told.

[TonyMetal___86]

I don't have the coordinance of the planets, sometimes i look qt the stars thinking that they might be planets, i only saw jupiter and saturn for sure and maybe mars, i'm not sure

[Curiosity2006]

Awesome! I've read that stars twinkle, whereas planets don't - they maintain a constant light. & They're brighter than stars from our night sky view due to their proximity to Earth.

[TonyMetal___86]

My telescope ain't that big and powerful, it's a galileo telescope which my uncle have bought for me from the U. S as a birthday gift from 23 years ago 😄

[Curiosity2006]

Oh well! At least you have one 😅

[TonyMetal___86]

I guess so hehe

[WhitneySnow]

Awesome!

[Curiosity2006]

Yup!