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Old 16-03-2017, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Tinderboxsky View Post
Also, what time of night were you observing? The best opportunity for viewing comes when Jupiter is at it's highest point in the sky - called culmination. Then there is the least amount of atmosphere to disturb and distort your viewing. Culmination is at about 3.00am in the morning at the moment. In a few months time Jupiter will be high in the sky in mid evening allowing observing at a more "civilised hout".

Steve
Yep! This too,
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