Hi blokes!
So i'm a bit of a planetary bloke thanks to the poor seeing conditions in this major city, ever since.... forever. Long time observer.
Been a while since I logged in! Maybe decades! Surprised I rem-embered the account! Also the site looks the same! Wow!
Im in Melb.. and BRRRRR, it is cold! With fond memories of perfect seeing of Jupiter perfect before sunrise I wheeled the dobby out!
1stly, Juptier has changed man. GRS is now red, quite unlike my 2015 obserations, last time I drew it. I sketch. Another thing. In 2015 the 'subtropical-demarcation(?)' (equatorial) bands were doubled up. Now they are singular!?
Also, saw Mercury, pretty shakey but i'll warrant there was some detail. Also sketched three prominent clouds on Venus! Score! One polar. One subtropical. One equatorial, coming off the sunrise plane.
I could really see the tree-like blood vessels in my eyes at 158x is this common?
That was putting me off!
Caught some clouds on venus. Bit of swell there. Threw in the red filter, wow... not sure filters do that much honestly except the blue clouds of Mars.
Someone explain this. I have viewed thru telrad, (member of the club), and found it's like looking at the sky. So here is my gripe!
I look thru the normal refractor finder one eye. One eye on the sky, and bring em together. The brain computes this in .00002 seconds, so... what's the telrad for?
Is the telrad for guys re-incarnated from ww1 fighter pilots who want a gunsight on their scope?
I have a phd but i'm a bit of a 'jock' so, you're gonna have to explain VERY slowly for this early bird who is not a nurd. Cheers! I mean that in the best possible way!
Change my mind.
