January 8, 2024: Clear skies at last, capturing Jupiter and Europa

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Managed to get quite a few SER files on Jupiter. Seeing was pretty choppy, but at least I got something usable.

I am hoping to get an animation later. In this frame you can see Europa just after it emerged from Jupiter's limb, and just before it ducked into Jupiter's shadow. I have made mauch sharper images of Jupiter with my C8, but given the poor seeing, I am quite happy with it.

[geoflewis]

Nicely done Michael. Jupiter is getting much smaller as it retreats, which combined with the terrible seeing we've been getting, is making it very challenging getting any fine detail.