Mars is nearing opposition on October 13th (where it is closest to Earth). This happens every two years. This is also the reason we saw several spacecrafts to Mars being launched in July with one being delayed for 2 years as they missed the window. During this brief time the delta V (acceleration energy and…
I started like most people, holding my phone over the eyepiece trying to snap a sharp picture (spoiler: doesn’t work (maybe for the moon)). Most of the time you will end up with a bright blob like in the first picture below. You will however be able to snap the Galilean moons (second picture). The…
Picture of Jupiter, bands detail enhanced with Registax 6 wavelets