John Hothersall
06-05-2016, 07:55 PM
SPX350, PGRFlea3, Baader RGB filters. Jupiter F35.6. Mars/Saturn F41.3
Had a possible final go at Jupiter but seeing was not cooperating, it settled briefly to average. The Orange smudge left of centre in NEB is moon IO.
I tried Mars at the longest FL possible with the 5xPowerMate, because 2014 was successful at the longest FL I could get then. This time I went a bit further to the limit 9x power increase at 14.5 meters - Mars looks grand and at this brightness no problem.
Seeing was above average for Mars and Saturn, I tried lower gain at 70 and 50% for Mars and Saturn and it worked fine, Jupiter seems to need much more.
Thanks for looking, John.
Had a possible final go at Jupiter but seeing was not cooperating, it settled briefly to average. The Orange smudge left of centre in NEB is moon IO.
I tried Mars at the longest FL possible with the 5xPowerMate, because 2014 was successful at the longest FL I could get then. This time I went a bit further to the limit 9x power increase at 14.5 meters - Mars looks grand and at this brightness no problem.
Seeing was above average for Mars and Saturn, I tried lower gain at 70 and 50% for Mars and Saturn and it worked fine, Jupiter seems to need much more.
Thanks for looking, John.