JUPITER meets ED80...

Last night I was playing around with the lil' one, trying to see how far I could push him & his optics. The Moon was almost full and washed up everything but the Giants, so decided to do just that, look at them...

Jupiter was high in the sky, not as high as last year but high enough. The seeing was pretty good, I would say 7-8/10, a bit hazy, a lil' warm, but comfortable...

I was able to push the ED80 to 180x-200x (I was impressed!) and was getting very good views of Jupiter... that's when I decided to drop the webcam and get a shot just for kicks...

This little scope surely proved to have pretty decent optics indeed!

Comments/suggestions are always welcome!


Clear skies my friends! 8)

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Good shot Ivan. That little scope rocks!

Greg.

Ivan,

That's an awesome image of Jupiter. I've had some really good luck with planetary imaging with my ED100, so I'm not surprised the ED80 performs well too.

Paul

Wow3, an ED 80. That is amazing Ivan. Very impressive job!

Jim Phillips

Great image through a little scope Ivan, nice to see a Jupiter from you
Best regards Jan

Hi Ivan,

That's an impressive image coming from that size scope. That image from your 80mm is as good as I've been getting of Jupiter from my 8" SCT.

Thanks,

Ed Roach

Hi Ivan -

Cool! Your 80mm shows a lot of detail.

Alan

Yet another image that shows that the ED80 is indeed a performer. Good job.

Russell

HI Ivan,

Excellent image, that little ED80 must think it's a 10" scope.

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

Your comments are very appreciated!
Clear skies to you!