Doing some comparisons between my scopes. Just got a new AT72EDII. (FL 432mm) and it is a pretty capable scope for being a lightweight grab and go. Took Jupiter images through it, my workhorse AT90CFT (FL 540mm) and my planetary scope the AT125EDL (FL 975mm).
The skies are just trash tonight, though with thin high clouds and just atrocious seeing (twinkling means unsteady skies). We'll see what the fancy software can do! #AmateurAstronomy #Jupiter
Der #Jupiter grade besonders hell, rechts davon gut sichtbar #Aldebaran. Diagonal rechts oben über Jupiter die #Plejaden.
#Astronomie aus dem Garten raus, ohne weitere Hilfsmittel - raus mit euch. ✨
APOD from 2026-01-20
Io in True Color
Galileo spacecraft's 1999 image shows Io, the Solar System's strangest #moon, in true colors. Its bright yellow hue comes from sulfur and molten rock. Intense tidal forces from #Jupiter heat Io's interior, fueling active volcanoes that are reshaping its surface. Some lava is hot enough to glow in darkness.
HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260120.html#space #astronomy
