Thanks Ian , yes as said by Wavytone and me the observing location you are using is not the best , but its sometimes all we have so have to live with it .
My advise is keep the magnifictions down to about 100x at home and if you can get out somewhere where its better , then go for the higher ones , as I say your scope is easily capable of 200x plus on a good night .
The moon is very forgiving of bad seeing , being so large it does not show that like a small planet will .
Have you joined a local astronomy club yet ? this will help you no end .
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Brian.
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Originally Posted by ianB
Thanks Brian,
Yes my balcony door was open on and off and my viewing was only for an hour, starting at arround 19:15, at that time Jupiter was about 40 deg.
Also there is a three story unit across the road from me and Jupiter was just slightly off to the left from it, but as Jupiter was rather high I did not think the heat from that building would be too much of a problem, but maybe it was?
I just hope that when conditions are good and I go out to a site, my images will be clearer and not look blurry.
As I said thebmoon looked good and ilt was in a darker region away from lights and buildings, so as you say that may be the reason why mynview was not good, at least I hope so.
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