Last night was the first good night since I fixed my grandpa's 5.5" Celestron. I had a little bit of time to kill tonight and when I was taking out the garbage I could see Jupiter up high in the southern sky. Even though I'm in the city and it's still amazingly bright. I figured even though I don't have time for a trip out of the city since I'm on the south side I should be able to see it quite nicely in my telescope. Especially since there isn't a moon at the moment. I popped in my 7mm eyepiece and spent some time getting it focused.... it's tricky because I have the scope mounted on a camera tripod which isn't the most steady. As soon as you touch the focus knob it starts shaking like crazy. But after it was focused and a bit of looking I was able to make out some banding on Jupiter. I've looked at Jupiter with this scope when I was a kid quite a bit, but I think I spent more time looking at the tiny points around Jupiter in awe that they were moons. I now understand what people are talking about when they say you need to train your eye. It'd pop into sharp focus, and I could see a couple of dark bands... just as I was making sense of it, it'd pop back out of focus and I'd have to concentrate again. Heading out the to cabin this weekend. Can't wait to look at the stars with the scope if the weather cooperates!