Jupiter Viewing Problems

[stumesa]

hey guys,its me again,anyways today i got the view of jupiter with my good eyepiece,but i did not see any details on the planet.It looked a little bigger with my eyepiece,but it was shining to bright for me to see anything,and it moves soo fast,its hard to stay looking at the planet for more than 10 seconds.So what do you guys think i should do,should i buy some filters,or should i experiment with my telescope and new eyepiece some more?

[Xlovacus]

i used the cheap polorizing filter thet came in my eyepiece kit and it helped cut down on jupiters glare. i could just barely see the bands.

[philip d]

About 100X is around the minimum to see planetary details, 120X to 200X does better when skys permit..longer focal length scopes do better at the upper end, 50X per inch of aperature is about right for maximum, example a good 60mm longer refractor can handle 125X at the upper end, my longer focal length ETX90 3.5 inch maximum is around 200X, the larger 8 inch Dob is about 250X...usually find because of sky conditions 200X to 300X are about the limit...

Takes abit of practice to view at higher powers, after awhile will be able to put the image on the far edge of the eyepiece and let it travel all the way across, should add some more time for the view, besides filters for cutting the glare the planet Jupiter is getting lower in the sky which takes away the details because of the dense atomosphere...a bummer, simply have to wait for its next go around...

Even a 60mm 2.5 inch will show two major bands and it 4 moons, 5 to 7 bands with the 8 inch Dob, and a longer focal length even the ETX90 shows Shadow transits cast on Jupiters Disc, my favorite to observe, but again will have to wait for its next cycle when located higher in the sky...

Early morning at dawn soon will be getting views of Saturn, should easily detect its ring regardless of the size of scope...