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Originally Posted by Suzy
 Impatience ..!  Good one tho
Glad you had a great night. I haven't let the weather get me down either, so after waving the white flag to to the sky regarding scoping, I've been out there lots with the binos. Still just as much fun and out there enjoying gaps of sky nevertheless.
Sab, I was wondering about the Red Spot. It's interesting the comments you made on it. This Jupiter season is my first good view on it with the 10", as I had a 6" before towards the end of last Jupiter season, so I don't really have a good understanding of what it should be like normally. I read recently, the lack of SEB gives the spot better contrast. I hadn't realised it was so pale compared to normal. We can see more detail on it without the band though can't we? What do you think? |
It seemed to be darker a decade ago, I remember it being quite easily visible in my 4.5" reflector. The couple of times I saw it this year, it just seemed pale in comparison and even without the SEB it just doesn't "hit" you.