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Hi, just reading your comment about imaging Jupiter.
Just to clarify for you: the 5th of January was the best day (in terms of apparent size of Jupiter) in the worst year for observing Jupiter!
It was at opposition on the 5th, so there was a straight line from the Sun through the Earth to Jupiter. Jupiter was then as big as it will get this time around- but the problem is that for us in the Southern hemisphere it is very low at present (max. altitude this year is only 33 degrees), so this year we are looking through too much atmosphere to get a good image generally, except on nights of exceptional viewing.
In a few years time at opposition it will be roughly the same apparent size, but a lot higher when viewed from the Southern Hemisphere, and therefore a lot better to see and image. (The Northerners won't have it so good then!). This is all because the plane of the solar system (the "ecliptic") is tilted relative to the Earth's equatorial plane.
Once it gets about 50 degrees and higher at opposition (from 2016) it will be a lot better to image. All us Southerners will have to wait for a while!
All the best with the new eyepiece and camera.
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