Jupiter - 3rd August

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi all

On the night of the 3rd August, what started as typically below average seeing, finally improved as the seeing reached a respectable almost 7/10 and gave some of my best views of Jupiter this year.

I was able to catch the 6th magnitude star 45 Cap in the same field of view as Europa and Io, which was a nice surprise.

The seeing was improving nicely, but high cloud and then thick cloud brought my night to an end. The two attachments show one in reasonably good seeing and one in typically average.

More here:
Jupiter with the Wesley Impact Scar - 3rd August

Thanks for looking.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Mike thats an awesome shot (#1)
You and Anthony are really delivering the goods.
Thankyou !

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Thanks Mike, hope the weather improves for you - we really need more good seeing!

cheers, Bird

[Lester]

Nice detailed image Mike, the first one is very nice.

All the best for more.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Great detail in that first image Mike! This pair of images gives a nice demonstration of the effect of seeing conditions.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Dennis]

Nice work Mike. I’m pleased that you managed to find a period of good seeing, albeit cloud shortened!

Cheers

Dennis