At least you had some caffeine to help your nerves.
I was running on nothing
Thanks for the link OIC
I look forward to annoying a lot of people on facebook
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Show off Ron
, clever comeback actually
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My apologies for temporarily hijacking your thread. When you're having a look a Jupiter, don't forget to have a look at it's moons. Four of its brightest moons are easily seen in a small telescope (providing some aren't hiding behind the planet). A pair of binoculars will easily show some moons so it shouldn't be a problem for your scope. They are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. An easy way to remember the moon names is "I Eat Green Cheese". Get it?
Europa is an interesting one.....
NASA is planning a mission there for the 2020s. A few km below its surface lies the largest known ocean in the universe reaching depths to around 100km. It holds the best hope so far in our quest for finding life in our solar system.
A computer sky programme such as Stellarium (free to download) will tell you what moons you're looking at. It's fun watching the moons doing a "dance" around the planet as you observe them move over days. I haven't yet observed a full rotation of Jupiter (it's only 10 hours so do-able in a night) to know if the moons make a noticeable movement in one night.
I hope you get those issues sorted out soon so you can start observing and enjoying Jupiter. It's my favourite planet as there's so much to see and so dynamic. Saturn is the eye-popper for sure & drop dead stunning (!) but IMO there's more to explore on Jupiter.