Colour Planets

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Originally Posted by PSALM19.1

Thanks mate...so what you see is similar to your Avatar? (Colour-wise, not necessarily detail)? Starting to think I have a black and white Dob

On a good night I'd see that kind of detail...I've seen better with my 6" on great nights

Maybe you need pay extra for the colour license

[PSALM19.1 (Shaun)]

Dunk, are you saying a 6" dob gives you a view like your avatar....mmmmm....?

[noeyedeer (Matt)]

in a 10" I see light and dark banding at 20mm. I don't use dark adapted eyes, instead walking from inside to outside and viewing. putting in a 9mm or less brings out the subtle changes in the colours as it reduces the brightness and contrast .. same happens with Saturn in my experience ..

matt

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Originally Posted by PSALM19.1

Dunk, are you saying a 6" dob gives you a view like your avatar....mmmmm....?

Worse still, a 6" SCT maybe a tiny bit less saturated, but the colours are distinct. The image in my avatar was taken in a fairly average Sydney evening when I was still getting to grips with my camera.

It makes a lot of difference with the subject being higher in the sky...when I was way up north a couple of years ago Jupiter was at least as high up there as Mars was here this time around. I've been blown away by Mars this time around, albeit with more hefty equipment! The king of planets really puts on a show in good conditions.

[PSALM19.1 (Shaun)]

Ah...if you are using a camera then you will definitely see more colour than with the naked eye...you can't see an image like your avatar through the eyepiece...?

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by PSALM19.1

...you can't see an image like your avatar through the eyepiece...?

I have on many occasion. The bands can be reddish brown with the great red spot all manner of colours. Not sure why it changes, sometimes it's yellow but one time it stood out clearly as bright pink!

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Jupiter is a beast, like I said maybe a little less saturated with the smaller scope, but with anything bigger it can be quite striking on a good night. I'm talking about visual observing, but obviously my avatar is an image from a camera

[raymo]

Many years ago Jupiter's belts were brown through almost any scope,
but now I need my 8" Newt to see definite brown. I guess age is dimming
my colour perception.
raymo

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

I remember only a few years ago the red spot was brick red... now it's paler and harder to discern