*** Io shadow transit happening now 11th October ***

[IB20]

Conditions not great, slight breeze and a lot of moisture in the air. On the other hand though there’s a thin hazy cloud cover which is dampening some of the brightness helping to show detail in the Equatorial belts.

[IB20]

Sharpest views at 81x in the 7XW. Some nice detail visible in the SEB at 114x but cloud coverage thickened quickly after the shadow crept onto Jupiter’s face.

[IB20]

On 12/10/2022 at 07:32, MalcolmM said:

@IB20 slightly off (well miles off) topic but when would you use your 5mm Pentax rather than the TOE 4?

Malcolm

Tonight and similar conditions to tonight @MalcolmM!   😅

Not had much joy with the 4mm TOE for the last 2-3 sessions. Seemingly suffering from a huge amount of water vapour in the atmosphere and the 5XW is the optimum mag for right now.