It was a good night last night. Dry and very transparent. Good transit of Europa across Jupiter. Terrible Mars seeing.
Oh and a very interesting observation. Around 8:30 or so a very very bright satellite went by Mars. I have never seen such a bright satellite. It was brighter than Mars (really) and quite gold colored. I assume it was the NASA solar sail. Nothing else would be that bright.
Good image as always Ian. Happy new years.
On Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 08:37:48 AM EST, Ian Stewart via groups.io <swampcolliecoffee@...> wrote:
Last night was a perfect night for imaging. Cool temps, good transparency and seeing. Here is a few hours on a less well known nebula - Sh2-261 Lowers Nebula. I haven't photographed this in quite a few years.
