Post by Speed of Dark on Jun 28, 2018 23:25:22 GMT
After observing Venus for a short while, I decided to grab the little 70mm x 300 and have a crack at Saturn and Jupiter, Saturn was still a bit low in the sky and I only managed to see the large gap in the rings the second ring can be seen as a rule with a 6 eyepiece with this scope, I had a similar problem with Jupiter all 4 Moons showed up well, but could not see any surface details, again usually visible with this scope, I put this down to a thin layer of cloud. The Moon on the other hand fairly low and a light covering with cloud showed quite a lot of detail contrasted by the cloud giving a yellow colour and not so bright as to need a filter.
A quick edit, popped out again at 01.20 Mars on its way up but still a bit to low and a bit two much atmosphere for a good view, still 4 planets and 5 moons logged up tonight.
A quick edit, popped out again at 01.20 Mars on its way up but still a bit to low and a bit two much atmosphere for a good view, still 4 planets and 5 moons logged up tonight.
