Is the skyquest xt8 intelliscope good for looking at long distances

Question

long distancces such as looking at jupiter and further

Answer 1

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Jupiter : Jupiter was simply stunning when I viewed it through the ETX.† Jupiter's two main equatorial belts could be easily seen as well as it's 4 Galilean moons.† Since I already had the 10mm with the Barlow in the focuser, I redirected the scope towards the southeastern sky.† It just broke the edge of my roof so I could take a look.† Wow! (Recurring theme, right?)† Not only could I make out the 2 equatorial belts, but also I could make out several other cloud belts to the north and south of the 2 main belts. I also observed what I think were 5 satellites orbiting Jupiter, but I'm not sure.† Very impressive!