Did you test your DIY refractor??? How is it??
Anyway, yesterday night was very hazy, but the view of jupiter was just great... and I saw one of the best view of the Great Red Spot... the contrast was just great... too bad I didn't bring along my digital camera.
Have a nice day.
Our observing session a Toa Payoh did go on as planned, but we didn't go to the park as the skies were not that promising for any deep sky work. In the end, we just set up our scopes near the very brightly lit library area. Other than myself, Zong Yao, Soon Yen and new member Weikang were there too. Zong Yao brought a Viper 90mm MCT and Soon Yen had his self made Refractor. Total 4 scopes
I did bring the Refractor down to show the rest, but we didn't really use it as my current mounting method wasn't appropriate due to Jupiter's elevation by then. It would have slipped off the mount due to the heavier back.
There was nothing much to see yesterday, high clouds moving in and out. We spent most of the time observing Jupiter (a lot of detail observed when it was overhead), and we managed to see the GRS from ~ 11pm. It was just starting to rotate into view. Also, at ~ 12:40am, with the GRS almost centered along the SEB, we also managed to detect that dark, "spikey" disturbance between the SEB and NEB. Did you see it visually too, that feature you managed to capture on camera just recently ?
"The universe is composed mainly of hydrogen and ignorance." 
