Hi all On the night of the 3rd August, what started as typically below average seeing, finally improved as the seeing reached a respectable almost 7/10 and gave some of my best views of Jupiter this year. I was able to catch the 6th magnitude star 45 Cap in the same field of view as [...]
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Jupiter, GRS and Wesley Impact Scar – 24th July
After breaking the news of Anthony Wesley’s discovery of an impact scar on Jupiter on Monday morning (while I was waiting to board a plane to Melbourne), Friday night was my first opportunity to capture an image of the now famous “Wesley Impact Scar”, or “Bird Strike” (Anthony’s forum name is “bird”). The image above [...]
Breaking News: Possible New Impact Spot on Jupiter!
In breaking news, Anthony Wesley from Canberra, Australia looks to have captured a new impact spot on Jupiter. Anthony’s image below shows the new dark spot in the South Polar Region (SPR) of Jupiter, at approximately 216° longitude in System 2. It looks very similar to the impact marks made on Jupiter when comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into [...]
Photos of the Transit of Titan Across Saturn
Unfortunately I was clouded out during the 3rd (out of 4 for this year) transit of Titan across Saturn on the night of the 24th of Feb. Fortunately though, a few friends of mine got clear skies and reasonable seeing to be able to capture this rare event. The image above is by Anthony Wesley [...]
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