Al,
Its very strange but I remember looking at Jupiter last year just when Sun goes down, still day and you have to know where it is to find it. And it looked much better than during night observation. Much more detail and contrast. Than I found some article on Cloudy Nights about it, they played with artificial lights to get better contrast for planets. Also in that report they said that plossls are the best for planets.
With 16" one guy said Jupiter appears "washed out" a bit. Maybe some sort of filters would improve it, don't know.
bob
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