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Originally Posted by OzStarGazer
From my balcony Jupiter was just between the moon and its halo and a street lamp, well, at least when I was watching...  I do intend to buy a light pollution filter very soon (for my birthday), then it will be better. I could sort of see the stripes and the moons, but it was not really well focussed (not like in the previous nights) and there was a huge beam cutting it through, or maybe it was just a reflection on the mirrors of my telescope. I had never seen that reflection before (and I watch Jupiter almost every night!). It was a bit better with a filter, but not much. |
Not sure a light pollution filter is much help with Jupiter. They are mainly for improving contrast so you can pick out faint fuzzies in light polluted sky, a bright object will still be bright.
"Beams" cutting into the image are more likely direct light from streetlights or at this point in time the moon getting into the scope.
Malcolm