" May I take this opportunity on behalf of Kurt Thrust and his 'observatory team', to wish, all you 'Jodrell' enthusiasts around the world, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. - Joel Cairo CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.
" May I take this opportunity on behalf of Kurt Thrust and his 'observatory team', to wish, all you 'Jodrell' enthusiasts around the world, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. - Joel Cairo CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.
These two images were taken from the Jodrell Plank Observatory within twenty four hours of the closest conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter on the 21st of December 2020. Prior to this, we captured a number images using a variety of camera-lens combinations. - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.
Using the 66mm Altair Astro Doublet refractor as a telescopic lens, we captured this image of Saturn (centre left) and Jupiter (centre right) with its retinue of four Galilean Moons. Sadly the resolving power of this set up was insufficient to show Saturn's rings or its larger moons!