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Old 07-February-2007, 10:33 PM
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Jupiter's moons are easy in any scope (even in binoculars). Just look for one to four bright dots lined up with the equatorial belts.
Saturn's moons are more difficult because they are a lot fainter and Saturn's equatorial plane does not line up with us right now, so they are spread all around the planet. Both Sky & Telescope and Astronomy magazines have monthly finder charts for the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. The Cassini division between Saturn's A and B rings should be visible on nights of good seeing.
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