Jupiter above the roof tops

[SnakeyJ]

It's been six months since I last got the kit out and setup, but decided to take advantage of the clear and high pressure for a first look at Jupiter this morning.

It took me a little longer than planned to put on some extra layers and in remembering how to connect everything - but was up and running by 5am as Jupiter peeked above the roof tops.   A few kit issues to resolve, like my ascom focuser giving up the ghost, but great to be out under a beautiful clear sky.    Seeing was pretty dire given the 25 degrees elevation, so no video recorded, but a good first shake out and hopefully I can fix the focuser and get some data before Christmas

 

[Charic]

....I'm glad you wrote "no video recorded"! I was at least expecting to see some sort of an image  from the title 

But at least your outside, that's the main thing. I'm off work for two days (holiday) but have caught a cold so feeling dire, but was hoping to get out this weekend, weather permitting.

[SnakeyJ]

5 hours ago, Charic said:

....I'm glad you wrote "no video recorded"! I was at least expecting to see some sort of an image  from the title 

But at least your outside, that's the main thing. I'm off work for two days (holiday) but have caught a cold so feeling dire, but was hoping to get out this weekend, weather permitting.

 You're right it's a bit of a fradulent post for the Planetary Imaging forum, though I was definitely going through the process    Hope you're feeling brighter and get some good weather over the weekend!

[Charic]

Conditions turned out  bad  this morning but I still had a go at observing, not sure the neighbours will have approved?............ could I stop sneezing, No!
Any how,  I looked outside twice this morning only to see full cloud cover, but at about 0430 I double checked from the back of the house and Ursa Major was just visible overhead through a gap in the clouds,  looked promising, so out came the scope.

It's  0500 I`m back outside and I can detect rain on my face, not so good, but there are still some gaps, so I decided to test my 6mm EPs on Mizar in my Zenith.

As soon as I focused with the first eyepiece, it clouded over, but blow me away, although I could not see the Stars with my eyes, the telescope was still able to detect some  Stars, so I kept on viewing, swapping out the 4 eyepieces Delos, Meade, William Optic, Revelation but finding it difficult to asses any  real differences due to the cloud cover / thickness. But the 6mm Delos was more satisfying due to its wider field of view.

I decided to wait a while (breakfast) and to retest the 8mm Delos/Starguider. On my return it was raining, so everything was hauled back inside, not the result I wanted, and no doubt, no  chance in seeing Jupiter this morning from my vantage point. Better luck next time maybe.