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Originally Posted by gel
5am im up im outside i look up and Gotcha-thats a bright bugger,its jupiter with all its moons,so i start mucking around with my eyepieces and i ended up preferring the 12mm over the 9mm - go figure -anyways its nearly total daylight and i must say im still impressed with this planetary stargazing stuff-what is to be my next planet,ive done mars,saturn and now jupiter
(twas jolly over jupiters colour banding muchly so)
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Hey Gel, Jupiter's a definite favourite of mine, there's so much to see but what's more if you keep coming back or even if you what for an hour or so you'll see it's like a mini solar system. Moon's swing past dorpping shadows on the planet the bands change and new features come into view asthe planet rotates a lot quicker than earth. Keep coming back and spend a bit of time at the eyepice and you'll find you can see more and more.
The quality of seeing is the main factor in how far you can usefully push the magnification, so keep trying that 9mm - when the seeing is good you'll find it probably delivers a better view.
cheers,
only kidding
