oldfruit Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I got up this morning at 4am to observe Jupiter as i have only seen it recently when it is very low so it has not looked its best. It was hard work dragging myself out of a nice warm bed but it was very worthwhile. As some of you will know the seeing can be particularly good an hour or so before dawn and i was not dissapointed. I managed to use 250x magnification this morning and the view through my 8 inch newt was wonderful. The 2 main equatorial belts were full of subtle detail and there was other fainter banding visible. The GRS was also on show this morning but it looks a bit faded to my eyes. A thoroughly enjoyable hour or more was spent at the eyepiece and it was well worth the loss of a couple of hours sleep. I hope to start imaging soon as this has given me just the spur that i needed to get me out of bed at stupid o'clock in the morning. Clear skies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Your'e welcome Mark! Still catching up on my sleep from Kelling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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