It was a good night last night for viewing after the disappointment of missing the close approach last Friday due to cloud. I went out in time for the ISS flyover at 19:48 and succeeded in tracking it through the Dob at 46x magnification, could make out the solar panels and general structure, it moved very fast though through the FOV and I had about 80 secs of viewing time in all.
I must've been looking as similar sort of time as Gniess (as in the rock??) last night, I could see Io emerging from behind Jupiter around 20:15 ( I can't remember exactly) and it was a lovely site. The icing on the cake was watching Io's transit shadow moving across the Giant Red Spot a few mins after. I tried using a moon filter last night (#88 ND Filter) and it brought out detail quite nicely in the cloud bands of Jupiter, I wasn't expecting too much from it so was nicely surprised.
After that I got a bit lazy and did some lunar viewing, managed to just resolve the central Alpine Valley Rille in fleeting moments of steady seeing. I could see the southern part that's approx 0.75 miles across but not the thinner sections further into Alpine Valley. After that I had a quick peek at NGC 2392 (Eskimo Nebula), even with the strong moonlight it was instantly visible at 32x with a defined blue hue, ramping up to 300x I could easily see the central star and an extended disc of dust. I got too cold after that and packed up.
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