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Old 15-11-2020, 08:10 AM
hypersonics (Deepak)
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Smile Observing Jupiter

Hi All,

After many months of inactivity, I used my 10" Dob yesterday to observe Jupiter. I was able to use 30mm and 15 mm eyepieces, however, in both the view was not crisp and clear despite focusing the eyepieces. This is the first time I have observed a planet though and not sure what to expect. Is this something normal? Or, time to collimate the telescope?

I was able to see some faded brown stripes across the planet (used star walk app to confirm that it was Jupiter that I was aiming at.)

Secondly, in both 30 mm and 15 mm eyepieces I saw some three lights aligned with Jupiter. I'm wondering are these moons of Jupiter or, an optical artifact of the eyepiece/telescope?
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