hello all
for he first time in a few days i managed to get a couple hours of viewing in last night
i checked out m42 with the 32 mm 2 incher and i could see the faint greenish glow, brilliant view
scanned the milky way with the 32mm and came across some clusters and one with what looked like one with a nebula (iam gonna have to get a chart one day

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by this time jupiter was up had a long look at different times but seeing was shocking
still seeing a lot of heat waves which i am assuming is turbulance of jupiter being to close to the horizon ?(this was aound 9.15 pm ) can anyone confirm this please or are my optics still out ? i must admit that as jupiter rose higher it became clearer saw the difference in the 2 eq bands and the four moons stood out as well as for trying to focus jupiter it seemed to be very critical a bit too much one way or the other it went out of focus real quick ?
no sight of color at all (using the 15mm plossle ) also put the lid with the cap removed as well that mede jupiter look dark but a little in color ? does that make any sense ?
does anyone else have this problem with jupiter (i got a feeling i might have to wait until jupiter is a lot higher)
i must say that when i used my small refractor on jupiter i saw the four moons and a definite color on jupiter
clearly, as when viewed thru the dob it very pale white looking any hints at what i might be doing wrong perhaps ?
allso had a quick look (very quick) at the moon bit of a boo boo that was i had a bright patch in front of my right eye for a good while

i must get some moon filters
(i am very happy with the 32 gso 2")
(a bit dissapointed with the view iam getting of jupiter thought but will persist not sure when the next night will be because ive got clouds again today plus that so and so of a centre bolt is playing up again even with the spring washer if i didnt need it to turn i woulda weld the damn thing in place

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