The Dutch Observatory

July 30, 2009 on 9:33 pm | In Jupiter, Planets | Comments Off

After cloudy nights and days, the weather changed changed a little and the forecast was “relative” good (good seeing and below average transparency) for tonight for a few hours.  When I started imaging at midnight it was pretty bad and the first set was imaged through a thin layer of clouds. (You never know if it gets worse!)  But for once the weather cooperated and good seeing and transparency allowed me to image for 1 1/2 hours!   Here one of the images, however without the “Bird Strike” (Wesley’s impact spot)