Another first view..

[nevermore]

of Jupiter!

Thought I was going to say Saturn, didn't you Nah, I saw it first at it's opposition this year. It was quite impressive, and still is..

But! Jupiter took the cake for me. Despite losing one of it's cloud bands, seeing the one run across the planet, along with 4 extremely bright moons floating to its sides, I was struck with awe. The Great Red Spot wasn't out at the time, but I hope to catch it soon.

Perhaps when Saturn's rings have widened back out, it may take the cake back. Until then, though, Jupiter is by far the winner

[yeti monster]

I think that they are both winners for different reasons, Jupiter for constant clarity and detail, and Saturn for those rings, even edge on they are wonderful, and both for the wonderful displays of their satellites.

If there was a G*d, I'd send it an email saying thanks.............

[nevermore]

Agreed

Though, I'd ask why he/she/it gave all the cool moons to the other planets

[yeti monster]

Yeah, another couple of (Earth) moons would be awesome, but they'd play havoc with my tide charts..........

[LukeSkywatcher]

Imagine 3 full moons in our night sky. Talk about LP.

[yeti monster]

Yeah, but we wouldn't need street lighting!

[LukeSkywatcher]

Touché.

[DarkerSky]

Well done on catching Jupiter so early. Really looking forward to watching it through the rest of this year.

[LukeSkywatcher]

I cant wait to see Jupiter with my 130P. It was FANTASTIC with my 90EQ. I just love watching the Jovian moons dance around each other over the course of a few hrs.