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Old 11-03-2007, 11:54 AM
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Here is a comparison I just put together.

Firstly Jupiter really must be viewed nice and high in the sky 50+ degrees and then the "seeing" must be really great to see lotsa detail.

I would wait right up until 6am to get a lovely view. Also with the sky lightening with dawn, jupiter does look really nice.

You can get a DOB to track ie with an eq platform or with a dob driver or kill the dob mount and put the tube on an eq mount. either way is many hundreds if not $1000+ to do.

Do you have a feel of what you saw based on image?

I would also be keen to see what others have seen thru the eyepiece on great "seeing" nights
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