Jupiter 4.28.03Posted By Sol Robbins |
Hi,
I had excellent and balmy conditions for observing tonight. The big surprise was that one of my neighbors walks up to my house with a Tele Vue 102 apo. This was his graduating up from a Celestron 80mm. achromat. We set about comparing views between the TV 102 and my 6" Skywatcher with Chromacor. I stopped my aperture down to 112mm., (4.4").
It was enjoyable and short evening. Though past opposition, there's a lot to be said for observing Jupiter in a Tee shirt instead of the Arctic conditions at the height of opposition.
I made a sketch of Jupiter with my stopped down scope.
Thanks, Sol Robbins
I had excellent and balmy conditions for observing tonight. The big surprise was that one of my neighbors walks up to my house with a Tele Vue 102 apo. This was his graduating up from a Celestron 80mm. achromat. We set about comparing views between the TV 102 and my 6" Skywatcher with Chromacor. I stopped my aperture down to 112mm., (4.4").
It was enjoyable and short evening. Though past opposition, there's a lot to be said for observing Jupiter in a Tee shirt instead of the Arctic conditions at the height of opposition.
I made a sketch of Jupiter with my stopped down scope.
Thanks, Sol Robbins