Telescope Reviews: At long last jr.

Finally after a year or so of searching i was able to spot the grsjr. I have seen the ba oval before it turned red when jup was high in the sky but last night was the first time i was able to confirm seeing it with 6" achro. Last night we had calm steamy conditions and the grs was at the meridian at 11;26 close to when jup passed the local high point so this was my best chance to view it this year.The grs was easy to see and by using averted vision i could the small gap above and before the grs where jr sat. I never would have noticed it if i didn't know exactly where it was in fact i only saw it three or four quick glances as the the seeing was blurry off and and for my couple of hours watching jup. I made a quick sketch after the grs crossed the meridian, there was a little festoon action hanging off the neb much less then last year, the neb was dark and in some turmoil, the seb had a monster rift in it as was much less dark then the neb it looked full of whorls and crud and cotton too complex and dim to draw accurately, i used 220x and 171x with a #11 yellow-green, and a moon filter to cut jup's glare, jup was so low no diagonal was needed so i got a traditional inverted newtonian view of jup, at times the atmosphere would steady and i found myself saying wow wow at all of the detail,

my sketch doesn't do jup credit but here it is anyway.

Edited by Tommy5 (07/30/08 12:04 PM)

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