Jupiter tonight

[Richard O'Neill]

On 11/8/2011 8:10 PM, Terry Fox wrote:
> A decent telescope would be very nice right now.
> Terry

  Have telescope, will travel - but not to Charleston. ;-)   I've too 
have been enjoying Jupiter's image and the dance of it's four brightest 
moons for the last few nights. Jupiter's opposition from the Sun 
occurred just a few days ago so moon transits across its face have been 
spectacular, with shadows close in tow. A few nights ago Io's shadow 
crossed over the highly visible Great Red Spot. Around this time (and 
for the next few months) much cloud detail can be seen in larger 
telescopes. I'm particularly enjoying views through a binocular viewer 
using 7 inch f/15 Meade Maksutov and 8 inch f/10 Celestron SCT scopes.

  Just imagine viewing Jupiter through 200X+ power binoculars and you'll 
get the idea. Hubble pictures are wonderful to look at but viewing that 
humongous planet through a telescope in real time is far more satisfying.

Richard