I caught Jupiter tonight

[The New Stargazer]

I saw Jupiter tonight, the bad thing, it was in a tree. But for a bit I could still see Jupiter and its 4 moons it looked amazing.

[Knighty2112]

Always a great sight to see whether it's between branches, clouds or any small gaps of clearness in the sky. Glad you enjoyed your view still.  

[laudropb]

Always a special moment when you view Jupiter for the first time.

[Beefybean]

Jupiter is awesome, i will never forget seeing it for the first time. I never finish a viewing session now without having a look. And the good thing about jupiter and the moons is they are always different thay are constantly changing ?

[Deano666]

I managed to see it the other night thru my Bins 20x80 and was suprised i could see its moons too, thought id get my scope out later when it was a bit higher in the sky, But as normal good old british weather, Yep an hour later the sky was cloudy couldnt see anything. Im still waiting to get some pictures, luckily its rising earlier so i dont have to wait up till the early hours

[rockystar]

Always a lovely sight. I only managed 3 moons night, one of them must have gone behind the planet - as mentioned above, the dynamism of the moons is what makes this planet so engaging time after time.

[The New Stargazer]

It was an amazing site and i couldnt stop looking ag it

[Smiggsy]

Took advantage of the break in clouds and got a good look at Jupiter tonight. Just magnificent!  Even with the bins.

[Davey-T]

Just now, Smiggsy said:

Took advantage of the break in clouds and got a good look at Jupiter tonight. Just magnificent!  Even with the bins.

Moon transit and shadows starting soon, don't know if you'll be able see it with bin's, I've been watching and waiting with 10"SCT.

Nice to have some clear skies in our neck of the woods.

Dave

[Knighty2112]

Sadly, clouds rolling in again here to spoil the double transit so far. I'll try agin a little later on and see if it clears up, but if not then it's beddy byes for me alas! Fingers crossed! ?

[John]

Europa has started it's transit with it's shadow in very close attendance - right to the s of it in fact !

Really nice views at the moment

Hope it lasts ....

[Davey-T]

Just make it out, job to see it as it's right on a dark band, seeing pretty rubbish here but at least the clouds have buzzed off.

Dave

[Beefybean]

Beautiful clear skies in manchester tonight. Will be out for a few hours yet i think. Jupiter is looking awesome tonight???

[Knighty2112]

Couldn't make out the moons once in front of Jupiter, even using my 2 x Barlow with my 6mm EP, but managed to see Europa at least disappear in front of Jupiter. Seeing was OK, but not good enough to make out the moons on the belts at all. Looks like others had more success. Well done!  

[Dave In Vermont]

My favorite viewing of Jupiter was through my 5" F/9.3 refractor. This as I saw an absolutely perfect black-dot superimposed on one of the prominent equatorial cloud-belts. The contrast was marvelous! For just this one viewing of Jupiter was all the justification I'd ever need for buying the 5" refractor!

Jupiter remains my favorite planet to observe,

Dave

[Knighty2112]

Sorry, wasn't Europe I saw disappear, but Io. For some reason I thought Io was starting first, not the other way around. 

[Philip.]

Jupiter for the first time is breathtaking, and it never gets any less so

[The Head Gardener]

We've just come in from the garden; until it got hazy we had been looking at Jupiter and 4 moons through two different sets of bins.  Glorious! 

Reminds me why we used to love this and why it is right to start doing it again :-}

[Mak the Night]

The first time I got a view of Jupiter it was astounding, I even saw the GRS. I then spent several months trying to get a decent view again. But when the seeing is good, Jupiter rocks!

[Dave Lloyd]

Jupiter is looking good tonight in my evo120 frac. Virtually no CA and zero turbulence.

[John]

It would be looking great here as well but a blustery wind is shaking the scope about !

During the lulls, there is lots of Jovian detail on show though

[Mak the Night]

I had a butcher's hook for a brief session with my 90mm Mak. I could make out some surface detail even at low magnifications and could see Io & Europa very close to the West side. Unfortunately then the clouds came to spoil my fun.

[todd8137]

A twinge in my back is stopping me viewing at the min very envious  

pat

[Wordy]

Was my 1st time viewing Jupiter last night through my Skywatcher Explorer 130M. Was amazing.

[pblackwell]

19 minutes ago, Wordy said:

Was my 1st time viewing Jupiter last night through my Skywatcher Explorer 130M. Was amazing.

Hey thats the telescope I got a few months ago. How are you finding the Skywatcher Explorer 130M?