Saturday, August 11, 2012
Jupiter in full daylight
I was cleaning and collimating my old LXD55 10 inch SNT this morning at around 11:30 am. The sky was very clear and I decided to do some testing on the moon, which was visible toward the west. I took a quick look and walked away. The scope was not powered or properly polar aligned. I left the scope and came back about 10 minutes later and was very surprised to see Jupiter in the field of view. With the barlow and a 26mm eyepiece, bands were clearly visible on the planet. I've never looked for Jupiter in broad daylight and it was a real treat to see it unexpectedly.
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