M45...my first Messier object !!!
I accidently spotted my first Messier object last night...M45...The Seven Sisters or Pleiades, and was truly amazed. If I hadn't been hooked before, I was the instant I saw M45. I had never seen the Seven Sisters before last night, I didn't even know it was a Messier object!!! and I was overwhelmed at the beauty of it......I have been a little frustrated of late (wanting to run before I can walK!!) and I have been having a 'spot of bother' translating what I see in books into what I see through the scope...Yes, I know it's upside down and back to front..but I can cope with that (I think!). The problem is when I look through the scope, or even the Binos, There are an extra few hundred or more stars and I can't pick out the one I need to orientate myself on before I 'Hop' somwhere else. I have purchased a Telrad Finder, but cant really use it unless the object is VERY bright I.e Jupiter!! So I'm thinking of getting a right angled finder scope and trying that. I suppose it will come with practice and time....Well, back to M45...finding that, first with the naked eye as a large 'smudge' with a star at it's centre, then with the 10x50 binos and finally viewing it with the 10" Dob with a 25mm wide angle eyepiece, made all the frustration well worth the effort. Plus JUPITER and the four moons (couldn't see the other 59 !!! lol) was still sexy.....clear skies to you all.
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