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Old 16-02-2015, 01:52 PM
kkara4 (Krishan)
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Originally Posted by Jason D View Post
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
Awesome for an iphone Jason! thanks for confirming to me that it probably is most likely to be my seeing.

ive yet to experience a night of even good seeing i think...maybe one day
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