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Jump to first unread post. Pages: 1 beivushtang Tourist Reged: 10/29/03 Posts: 44 why can't you see the planets?? the moon?       #989022 - 08/31/07 09:10 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   you can see galaxies millions of light years away but you cant the moon or mars... why? Post Extras:       HateCrewDave Tourist Reged: 08/30/07 Posts: 3 Re: why can't you see the planets?? the moon? [Re: beivushtang]       #989534 - 09/01/07 05:34 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   because the hubble is used by Nasa to look at far away galaxies and shot so things like planets dont obscure the view. Post Extras:       CarolChristian Tourist Reged: 03/20/06 Posts: 9 Loc: Baltimore, MD Re: why can't you see the planets?? the moon? [Re: HateCrewDave]       #1035443 - 10/23/07 09:14 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Actually Hubble does look at planets and solar system objects except we are restricted from pointing towards Venus or Mercury (or the Sun) because it will melt the mirror and destroy the detectors. -------------------- Dr. Carol Christian gSky at STScI <a href="link" target="_blank"> http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/gsky/ </a> Post Extras:       Philip_Pugh Tourist Reged: 10/11/07 Posts: 27 Re: why can't you see the planets?? the moon? [Re: beivushtang]       #1037620 - 10/25/07 02:52 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   The Moon is far too bright and would ruin the instruments. You can do quite a good job with a medium aperture telescope and domestic digital camera. This link shows a sample: http://philippugh.fortunecity.com/Gallery_Moon.html Also Hubble can't point within 15 degrees of the Sun but Mercury and Venus are both capable of wandering outside this range. Most Mercury photos are taken from spacecraft and I've only ever seen 10 amateur photos, 9 of them mine and these 3 were taken this year: http://philippugh.fortunecity.com/Gallery_Mercury.html Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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