Scope: Bresser Sirius 70mm/900mm

Lenses: H20, H12.5, 2xBarlow

Location: Back Garden

Visibility: Good!

Light Pollution: Heavy

Learning to use telescope and interpret star charts.

Examined a bright red star which subsequently turned out to be Mars. Not able to see any real difference (apart from colour) from any other star using all lenses.

Looked at Cappella in Auriga constellation, cheap lenses supplied with telescope are showing false red and blue colour around star.

Had a closer look at Mizar and Alcor as I have often looked at Mizar (before I knew its name) and noticed a faint star near it. Under 45x zoom the two stars occupy half the scope and a third star is visible between them. Under 72x zoom we are able to see that Mizar is binary, noticing two distinct white glows.

A good start.