I have just observed the "Bird" impact strike
16" scope 6mm Radian eyepiece.
Object short distance in from limb.
I have only had the scope out 10 minutes,but the seeing is quite good
I was able to observe it from 10:30 UT 20:30 local till 11:45 UT 21:45 local .
It was then just about on Jupiter's Meridian,eye pieces used 6mm Radian 7mm Orthoscopic 9mm Plossl 13mm Nagler and was seen in all of them
Mist came in so called it a night as unlike Saturday night the seeing really went bad.
An enjoyable hour was spent observing a piece of astronomical history
Wish I could have been observing there with you too Ron.
A memorable event!
I actually slotted an eyepiece and 5x barlow into the 80mm to have a little look, before hooking up the LPI and watching it on the laptop screen. (I need BIG eye relief)
[IMG]file:///C:/Users/Utente/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.png[/IMG]Here I attached the erliest image with black spot.
The seeing was terrible due cloudy and windy sky, so I used 3X barlow on Celestron C9.25. Camera Lumenera SKYnyx 2.0C and IR filter ON.
This is what I managed to capture through the ed80 using the LPI and a 5x barlow. Pretty poor compared to a lot of the images taken of the event, but to me it's a keepsake of a memorable night.
You might need a magnifying glass to see the little gray smudge that is the impact site. South is to the south.
Yes we managed to observe the "Bird" impact strike through the 18" up here also Ron.
In the moments of steady seeing when Jupiter would snap into sharp focus it was clearly visible.
This is what I managed to capture through the ed80 using the LPI and a 5x barlow. Pretty poor compared to a lot of the images taken of the event, but to me it's a keepsake of a memorable night.
You might need a magnifying glass to see the little gray smudge that is the impact site. South is to the south.
Hi Jeanette, at least you have your own record however small of a piece of Astronomical History
Yes we managed to observe the "Bird" impact strike through the 18" up here also Ron.
In the moments of steady seeing when Jupiter would snap into sharp focus it was clearly visible.
John and Anna it was a great kick to be able to see it through the scope, as they say Size Does Matter
I think the impact formed on the far side and swung into view..Iwas watching it through the gaps in the clouds and it was far left and rotating towards us..
Jupiter impact
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