Well been clouded out all week so not alot been happening. Did get out for a little while tonight until the clouds rolled in.

Mainly viewed in and around Orion. Had a look at M42 and M43 and M42. Not sure if its my eyes but could not see a great deal of difference in the views from the MA EP's that came with my scope and the Mead 5000 I bought. It may well be that I am not using the scope as well as I could be. There dont seem to be a site anywhere that shows you what you should be seeing with a scope of any paticular size.

There could be a book in this as I think it would be a best seller amongst the complete newbie.

Still not set up the goto on the scope yet as I am prefering to try and find things myself. This is proving harder than I thought it would be. Think Im going to invest in a erecting prism as getting quite confused remembering evrything is back to front through the scope.

Was hoping to get my first look at Mars tonight but that pesky cloud came rolling in so still have that to look forward to.

Thats another night in the newbies first week as a complete novice.