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Jupiter was way too high for me to fool with though I like transits. It was cold last night. Not as cold as what's coming up. Did get in? couple of Collinder clusters down in Canis. They are pretty good but you need a wide view. CR 140 and CR 121. 140 is about as far south as I can get. We did visit the winter alberio way down south. It is one of the most colorful doubles but no one has it in their catalog. It's an H3945 number or 145 Canis Majoris. It must be so far south many northern latitude observers could not reach it. Pretty low on the horizon here. Worth the trip if you can get there.
On Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 12:35:58 PM EST, Ian Stewart <ian@...> wrote:
Yep Mars was OK last night but there was a really nice transit of
Io and the red spot on Jupiter last night. Packed it in after that
- pretty nippy here. On 2/18/2025 12:15 PM, jimcoble2000 via
groups.io wrote:
That was a fine picture of
what you see visually. Last night was not too bad and a fair
amount of albedo features could be seen vaguely but overall
this year will not rank as one of the better apparitions. Four
and a six inch refractor views were about the same, so sky
conditions were in charge as usual.
Mars was high in the sky this
year but only of moderate diameter. That said, it is always
fun to look. Things are getting smaller now so another Mars
season is coming to a close. I haven't counted but I think I
have about 5 to 6 of them under the belt. You can do better
but it might take a decade to get one great look. I think the
next apparitions will be worse before it turns around. Ha, I
may run out of time.
On the other hand, it is time
to look at Venus as it comes in line with the Earth and Sun.
It is getting brighter now and more crescent every night. Much
larger too in the coming 4 weeks.
On Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 10:42:32 AM EST, Troy
Riedel via groups.io
<troy.riedel@...> wrote:
A very excellent representation that I can share
with a newbie buddy. Thanks!
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