I wanted to go out as well this morning but it was -36 Celsius. I decided to wait since I don't appreciate frostbite. It seems that your equipment is fine but encountered "bad seeing". Stargazers are often the victim of the forces of nature blurring our view.

Congratulations on a wonderful morning!

Isabelle ;)

-36 thats well cold, where are you?

-36 is not that cold considering that it will be -46 tomorrow night. I am located in the James Bay area of northern Quebec Canada. Yes, they say that there are polar bears on the bay but I have never seen one myself.

It's cold but the auroras make it all worth while. Now if only I knew how to capture their beauty on camera!

Isabelle :)

Hi Isabelle.i read your post about hands freezing to scope and you nearly had frosbite!!you must be well keen, how do you cope with them temps!!, we have had -6 here in York UK in December and the country almost came to a stand still! been out this morning 6am -2 again Saturn was not has good a lot of thin white cloud not quite fog? still ok though, ISS flew over at 6.38 managed to get scope on it, bit of a bonus that was. yours Paul.

I've never "caught" the ISS but I have to be honest that I never really tried. ow are Saturn's rings right now? I hear that they are very nicely displayed. The last time I saw them they were practically edge on.

As for the cold,... I guess it's one of those things that you just get used to.

Isabelle

Hi again, Saturn the planet is tilted towards me, rings are solid grey, you can make out the blackness at the ends of the oval, no cassini divisions. tried a phone camera to get a picture but to fiddly to hold small lens on middle of 10mm ep. yours paul.

Saturn is definitely giving you quite the show there. I will have to make my way out one morning very soon. Unfortunately, I teach for the rest of the week so getting up early can be tricky and the weather is still a little cold. I will be patient.

Isabelle

I tried to catch the ISS last friday morning but too cloudy. Have never seen it and am intrigued to know how much I can see. Did you have trouble tracking it? I haven't seen Saturn yet either - I'm not an early riser - and so I'm hoping for good things.

Saturn will be seen in the evening in the spring but like many here,.. really want to see it now. I have ever tried to see the ISS. I guess that will soon be a personal project. I always thought it would be hard to see since the window to see it isn't very long.

Isabelle :)

I tried to catch the ISS last friday morning but too cloudy. Have never seen it and am intrigued to know how much I can see. Did you have trouble tracking it? I haven't seen Saturn yet either - I'm not an early riser - and so I'm hoping for good things.

HI, ISS you can find on NASA web site, give times when coming over there smack on. or you can use stellarium and it shows all the satalites flying around i clock at least 3 a night when out with scope.

HI, ISS you can find on NASA web site, give times when coming over there smack on. or you can use stellarium and it shows all the satalites flying around i clock at least 3 a night when out with scope.

We can use Stellarium to show the ISS? I've never even looked for that option. Thanks!

Isabelle