Bodies render distance

[Gaarst]

So I just got this really cool screenshot of Phobos taken from Earth orbit in RSS:

The distance from my telescope to Mars was about 1AU and I could see Mars, Phobos and Deimos pretty well (resolution of about 1px/km² at that distance).

But on the other hand, I could not see Jupiter nor Mercury (the latter at about 1.3 AU from me) even though I should be able to see them very clearly.

 

So that made me wonder what is the distance for planets rendering in KSP, and if it was changed by mods (RSS or Distant Object Enhancements*), how it would be affected. Also if there is any way to increase it.

 

*Note that DOE adds "flares" corresponding to bodies but they are much larger than the actual planets angular sizes and are just white spots, not detailed pictures of the bodies itself

[Galileo]

46 minutes ago, Gaarst said:

So I just got this really cool screenshot of Phobos taken from Earth orbit in RSS:

The distance from my telescope to Mars was about 1AU and I could see Mars, Phobos and Deimos pretty well (resolution of about 1px/km² at that distance).

But on the other hand, I could not see Jupiter nor Mercury (the latter at about 1.3 AU from me) even though I should be able to see them very clearly.

 

So that made me wonder what is the distance for planets rendering in KSP, and if it was changed by mods (RSS or Distant Object Enhancements*), how it would be affected. Also if there is any way to increase it.

 

*Note that DOE adds "flares" corresponding to bodies but they are much larger than the actual planets angular sizes and are just white spots, not detailed pictures of the bodies itself

Well I'm not sure about anything but this,  DOE actually has a cfg for RSS. That way your planets are not just white spots but have color instead

[Gaarst]

10 hours ago, Galileo said:

Well I'm not sure about anything but this,  DOE actually has a cfg for RSS. That way your planets are not just white spots but have color instead

But I don't want spots (whatever colour they are), I want to be able to see the actual planet if I zoom hard enough. Being able to see Mars' satellites but not Jupiter doesn't make any sense.