Well it’s been a long time coming. Usually the seeing at my location is best between February and June, but this year it’s been horrible every day - I’ve been out trying to image Jupiter almost every clear morning for 2 months and have been increasingly discouraged at not having anything better than 5/10 seeing all year.
Well finally the good seeing has started to arrive with a high-pressure system overhead. On Saturday morning, 2nd May 2009 I had the best seeing I’ve had this year so far, as it peaked at 7/10 in my last imaging run of the session. Jupiter was at a nice high altitude of 67° when I packed up.
Oval BA still appears orange but does appear to be lighter than last year. The resolution still isn’t there yet to see any other structure within it. Europa’s shadow is visible on the Eastern limb.
The first image is the best from the session - before that the seeing was typically average
More here:
Jupiter, Oval BA and Europa's Shadow
Thanks for looking.
