The WYO Fluoro Star 100 at 160x, Venus was still as scintillating. A quick glance from the living room balcony showed that Saturn and Jupiter were now prime visual targets. I shifted my entire assembly from the kitchen balcony, through the kitchen, past the dining room, down two steps, across the living room and out onto the balcony. Searching at 20x. Target Jupiter found.
Tonight is a really good crystal-clear night.
At 20x, I could see a few bands across Jupiter escorted by Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. In the same view, four fainter stars dotted the background. Jupiter and its four Galilean satellites I've seen before, but the four fainter stars dispersed around them were the first for me here in the city. At 140x, Jupiter's creamy surface loomed in right before my eyes with its numerous brown bands. Not yet anyway.