Mars and Jupiter

A nice clearing between weeks of clouds allowed to image the two majestic planets currently dominating our Northern skies.

Seeing was at best average but did certainly not allow the use of a barlow.

These images have been processed harshly to get any detail out of them. Probably not very aesthetic but for now they need to serve their best. I might try a less harshly processed version if that reveals any details at all.

South is up on all images. Europa is transiting Jupiter together with it’s shadow. on Mars, the North pole is clearly visible, but also three cloud-tops of Tharsis volcanoes. A nasty diffraction edge on the right (west) , but also some bluish clouds on the eastern rim of the planet.

Better luck next time, it was nice being at it again.