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Originally Posted by Saturnine
Hi guys
Reluctantly I have conceded that I will not get any worthwhile images of Mars this opposition, now passed. With Mars receding and down to less than 13" it almost seems a lost cause. Every time I tried to image , the seeing was always terrible and the same with Jupiter. Managed a few decent images several months ago but nothing recently and as you say, Jupiter is now getting much lower after sunset and therefore harder to get good seeing .
What I found curious though is that earlier this month, after trying to capture the planets and only getting shape shifting, squirming blobs I moved over to Luna and captured some reasonable vids that processed into good images.
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Agreed Jeff, you eventually have to know when to give up. We often have bad seeing on one object and move to another where it is much better. In our case it is well known local effects. We need to dodge certain roofs, hot water services, heating systems and air cons - other than that it's a piece of cake
Also the longer the time after dark the better the roofs get, but when your object is setting quickly you don't get that option. Our roof is metal so cools down pretty quickly but some of the tiled roofs nearby keep emitting heat for hours. Whoever thought black tiles was a good idea, you have to wonder
Love your lunar image. Have you done the Lunar 100?