All our gas giants have rings

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All our gas giants have rings

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* Meade 323 refractor on a manual equatorial mount.
* Celestron C6 SCT on a Twilight 1 Alt-Az mount
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CHARIKLO , I just learned something tonight, thank you.
I LOVE REFRACTORS , :Astronomer1: :sprefac:

REFRACTOR , TS-Optics Doublet SD-APO 125 mm f/7.8 . Lunt 80mm MT Ha Doublet Refractor .

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FILTER , Nebustar 2 tele vue . Apm solar wedge . contrast booster 2 inches .

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Honestly had no idea Jupiter had rings :whistle:
In was not until 1979 that the rings of Jupiter were discovered

I guess that makes sense why it's maybe not as widely known as it now seems
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