:hello2: Hi fellow Dobbers!!...seems ages since I had a session with my Dob, so, being as the forecast tonight was for clear skies from 10pm till 1am, I thought why not ****** a couple of hours in the back garden and try for a few DSO's. I set up at 9pm, got delayed and made it outside for 10.30pm...twenty minutes with the bins whilst my eyes got accustomed to the light pollution/darkness and lined up the Telrad. Didn't get to see ANY DSO's, 'cos I couldn't find any. I'm getting a little dispirited with not being able to see/find any DSO's. Maybe I'm trying to run before I can walk...Anyway good old Jupiter popped up from behind the neighbours house...(did you know Jupiter has 63 moons????..I didn't till tonight. I didn't see any more than the four larger ones...but 63...wow!). I found the seeing conditions not too good as it was rather hazy and viewing over houses didn't help, but it was Hobson's choice..... Did I see Uranus ???? I don't know but there was what appeared to be another moon (dimmer) a little way off to the left (or right in real life!!) of Jupiter...I'll check on stellarium later. Anyway it was getting cloudy and more hazy and seeing conditions were getting worse by 11.30pm so I called it a day, but not before my better half brought me out a hot cup of tea and a couple of munchies so I had those, cursed the clouds and the fact that I'm STILL a DSO virgin!!! and went in.... Clear skies to you all. ..............PS..I did check stellarium and it WAS Uranus I saw!!!