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Ok..so who forgot to tell me how much fun this can be!.. Proud owner of a 200mm SkyWatch dob and bleary eyes
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And Jupiter ... please tell me they were three of the moons I could see as bright white dots in a lateral line....
Jupiter seemed very white and hard to keep in focus (10mm and 25mm eyepieces..standard with the dob..any suggestions on eyepieces) but well worth the wait in the cold.
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I think you missed Callisto - some distance from Jupiter and the other three big moons around 8pm last night.
Time for some computerised help? Try Stellarium at
www.stellarium.org (download free) and zoom in on Jupiter; Skyview cafe at
www.skyviewcafe.com (run for free off the internet), click on the Moons/GRS tab to see Jupiter and Saturn up close; or if you really want detail on Jupiter
http://www.astrosurf.com/rondi/jupiter/ to download the program free.
Sounds like seeing wasn't good. But if you didn't see two dark bands across the planet, it's time to have a look at collimation.
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- nnw (there's a tree to go next weekend!)
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Eco-vandal!
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... back out there tonite...
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In which case you shouldn't be reading this you should be sleeping!
