Earlier this month, I managed to view 3 planets in one viewing session, which I've never managed before. Venus and Jupiter are riding high in the west which is the perfect position for me, and Saturn is just coming into my available view now, in the South. Venus was in a half phase, I think. The seeing conditions weren't the most favourable, it was mostly pretty hazy with intermittent moments of sharpness, but I could still make out Jupiter's bands and two of the Galilean moons, Europa and Ganymede.
I was most delighted with my first view of the year of Saturn though, it's so breathtaking to see it in the telescope eyepiece! I'm fairly sure I could also see two small faint moons too which really pleased me.
This week is a great time to see the moon near Venus and Jupiter at dusk, it will be a great opportunity for me to carry on with my lunar 100 list!
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