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I have a "76mm star tracker 76" Telescope and 2 eye pieces 1 x 20mm lower power and 1 x 12mm high power..im a beginner and i want to see as much planets as i can.Please help me.

You can see Venus easily enough by day with 10×50 binoculars when it is at its brightest, so a 76mm scope should have no problems.

But apart from the "been there done that" aspect of it you will get much better views at night, and finding planets during the day isn’t easy. Even if you have a computer star finder, there are no naked-eye objects you can use to align it in the daytime.

If you do try it, be very careful that you never accidentally look at the sun through your scope, otherwise that may be the last thing that you EVER look at, for the rest of your life…

Zander -

Seems like a dubious choice. If I had to choose, I would pick the 102×500. Aperture rules.

I owns the 4.5 inch, and I like doing stargazing. However, I got bored with stargazing and no longer use the telescope. But I still loves stargazing, and I like to experience alot everyday with what I see at DSO such as galaxies, nebulas as well as planetary systems as well. Would that always happen to me with bigger, more expensive Telescope?

I started out with a 4.25" reflector, and became bored after a year or two. That’s why I usually recommend a 6- to 10-inch reflector for beginners. Do what I did and step up TWO telescope sizes, to 8" or even 10". It’s like having a whole new sky up there.