Friday, May 4, 2018

Evening and Morning Observations

Past night the sky was clear and time to make some observations with my OrionXT12 scope.

Starting with M81, M82, M95, M96, Leo Triplet and M13. Pictures were taken of M82 with ASI224MC but I still need to stack them when time :)

Next observation was Jupiter and I made aswell some pictures using ASI224MC.



In the morning, time to look at the planets Mars and Saturn . Mars was observed with a yellow filter on 8mm with barlow x2. The planet is seen overal red with one edge white (Poles?).

Jupiter was again observed around 2h30 UT and the Great Red Spot (GRS) could be observed at the center of the disk. Some turbulence in the sky but overall a good view.