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Saturday 16th Oct 2010

We had Visitors

Patrick1948 and his lovely better half.

Sadly it was cloudy :clouds1:so No Stars to see

and The Moon was out but blanketed by cloud:(

but we still had a Great night meeting new Stargazing friends

and putting the World to right.;)

Hope to Do it again Soon Mr & Mrs P

In the Bleak mid Winter Brrrrr lol

Our 8inch Skywatcher Skyliner Dob

Celestron Binoculars 15x70

OK The Greenhouse has gone now.

and where it was stood is slabs

Malc is going to take 1 or 2 of the slabs up

and since I Prefer viewing with Binoculars he is going to concrete the tripod legs in the ground.

I Have a Swivel stool to sit on.

and I Will get to see 3 ways then.

here are some pic of the garden and the views we get, not bad really except for the trees,

but the gap between them is where Jupiter is the last pic,

so we get a really good view of that.

and the second pic is where you see the 2 houses on your left,

right above is Where Cassiopeia is

the 3rd pic between the houses,you can see the Ursa Minor the Little Dipper,

we have replaced 3 of the white outdoor lights for red ones

which we switch on when we are out there.

1 white one is still there and comes on and off on a timer

the one over what was the fountain.but now has plants in.

That is when we havan't clouds..........

well done pat

pleased you had a nice night stargazing.

We was out too saturday night the neighbour came down so we was stargazing with the binoculars as when the neighbour got his head around the 8inch dob that was it.pointed on Jupiter all you could hear was oooh ahhh and Wow.lol

we didn't get a lookin.so we looked at Jupiter through bino's,saw the 4 moons,there beautifull,like silver marbles.I Think I Saw Andromeda,but the clouds started to cover,so called it a night at 11.30.

we will be out in the garden this saturday coming with some friends,heres hoping the sky is clear,I Know theres a Moon so that will be good.;)

we have 3 swivel chairs and there brilliant for stargazing,spinning round.lol

well done for seeing Uranus:hello2:

Many more clear skies to you.

Thanks Patrick.

And Don't forget your welcome to come and Observe anytime you want.Kettle is always on