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Originally Posted by kkara4
i think seeing and collimation are still my enemy - the seeing also makes it very difficult to get good focus.
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I agree. Last night (2/14 PST) seeing was exceptional in California. I pulled out my iphone 5s and took the following hand-held photo of Jupiter and IO moon. Just one unprocessed frame. I took the photo at 500X. I was surprised to have captured IO as a disc. If seeing did not cooperate, I would have ended up with a washed white disc without features at that magnification. Attached photo is little fuzzy because I took it hand-held with an iphone. Jupiter looked superb a the eyepiece with plenty of details.
Jason