Well to make this short, there were not that many observations. 
I spent the weekend at a local site, hoping for a good night between storms. Friday was a disaster with clouds and rain. Saturday it cleared and the viewing was pretty good for about 2 hours before the DEW hit hard and heavy. IT covered everything including both the mirrors and all equipment and force me to put things away.
On the bright side, the planetary was excellent. Jupiter was gorgeous! The details in the bands was spectacular at times. Moments of clarity were 50% of the time and when it was clear it was crisp. 8O There was a very large group of light blue festoons that extended for maybe 15% of the diameter of the planet. This was the most memorable of the features I could see. The rest of the features were not as striking but great anyway. There were 4 moons spotted. Wish I had a camera.
Saturn was high enough to give good clean images. The bands on the planet were very defined and the rings were alive with contrast. We spotted 6 moons as best we could tell.
We looked at Leo's Triplet, M81-82, M51, M104 and many other objects. Cruised around the Virgo Cluster and looked a few dozen galaxies there. Even chased a couple of satellites trying to see details.
But just as things got really dark and pretty, the DEW was upon us and we called it a night.
Scope used was a 14.5" Starmaster on an EQ Platform with Skymaster DSC.
I spent the weekend at a local site, hoping for a good night between storms. Friday was a disaster with clouds and rain. Saturday it cleared and the viewing was pretty good for about 2 hours before the DEW hit hard and heavy. IT covered everything including both the mirrors and all equipment and force me to put things away.On the bright side, the planetary was excellent. Jupiter was gorgeous! The details in the bands was spectacular at times. Moments of clarity were 50% of the time and when it was clear it was crisp. 8O There was a very large group of light blue festoons that extended for maybe 15% of the diameter of the planet. This was the most memorable of the features I could see. The rest of the features were not as striking but great anyway. There were 4 moons spotted. Wish I had a camera.
Saturn was high enough to give good clean images. The bands on the planet were very defined and the rings were alive with contrast. We spotted 6 moons as best we could tell.
We looked at Leo's Triplet, M81-82, M51, M104 and many other objects. Cruised around the Virgo Cluster and looked a few dozen galaxies there. Even chased a couple of satellites trying to see details.
But just as things got really dark and pretty, the DEW was upon us and we called it a night.Scope used was a 14.5" Starmaster on an EQ Platform with Skymaster DSC.
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[SIZE="Large"][/SIZE][COLOR="Blue"][/COLOR] Floyd Blue
Amateur Imager
