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Jupiter - will have another go
Wow !
Thanks for all the tips.
Yes am a total newb at this. Am using stellarium to plan sessions
Will have another go at Jupiter when it is overhead, and will check out red spot times. I was looking between 9 and 12 pm last night, not long after the planet rose on the eastern horizon. Wondered briefly about "tangential" view through atmosphere but being as I could see the moons I was pretty happy.
Will sit down and have a decent go and be patient and see if further details emerge.
I guess I was very lucky, because my first observations using this little telescope were of our moon, approx 1/2 moon, and I saw gobsmacking craters and what I thought was amazing detail - this fed my expectations for seeing a bit more detail on Jupiter.
Must admit it took me quite a few attempts to be able to line up the telescope and reliably find things in the 20mm lens, then changeover to the 4mm lens for a greater magnification.
The local astronomy club has an observation night once a month and am going to the next one to have a peep through their telescopes to see the difference between my cheap one and a decent one.
Thanks again for all the tips.
Bill
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