Hi All,
I saw Mimas in the 11 inch Starmaster last Saturday night around 11pm local 7:00UT. Awesome seeing and from my driveway to boot! I diagrammed it the moons. Enceladus I could hold with direct vision, Mimas I glimpsed, sketched, and verified later on indoors. This with a 9mm Nagler and an AP Barcon for around 280x. Like I said, great night. Tegem was almost easy. My software said AB is 1.01". But I could only elongate Porrima.
Took 7 inch Teleport down to the pool and after seeing what a great night we were having. I had to get on my knees to look at Jupiter in Libra at about 7:30UT. I used a Celestron 7mm Ortho (Vintage Circle-T type) for 144x.
Observing Jupiter reminded me why I call my Teleport 7 an "180mm f/5.6 APO". The festoons hanging from the NEB were almost like a half circle, bridging across the meridian from the southern edge of the NEB. Seriously amazing. The detail was more than I could make out stooping on my knees! It is true you need to be comfortable to see the most detail and that means a stand or table for the diminutive Teleport. I turned it to Saturn and was able to make out Enceladus. Sweet.
Remember we are talking a driveway in Los Angles County (though I must say, La Habra Heights is the only city in L.A. I am aware of with no street lights and lighting ordinances).
Jamie Dillon
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Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky
La Habra Heights, California
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Received on Tue Mar 28 19:29:42 2006