Joe asked,
What I can't understand is why Jupiter is in sharp focus while the moonscape is slightly fuzzy.
They both equally fuzzy - the result of the telescope pushing its diffraction limit near its limit of useful magnification per inch of aperature. The mind is better able to interpret the Moon mountains in the "foreground" as blurred since mountainous terrain has terresterial analogues that the mind is used to seeing. Conversely, there is less resolvable detail in Jupiter's bands that can que the mind into the level of imaging blurring. The mind is not used to perceiving cloud bands from above. The same blurry level is less bothersome to view. Try grabbing a copy of the image and view a group of pixels from the Moon and Jupiter image on a highly magnified zoom. The pixelization should show similar levels of detail. - Canopus56 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail