Trapezium with a celestron 60mm

[Monki]

Yey! With my stock 10mm ep and brand new 2x Tal barlow on it's first outing i was able to just about see the trapezium. Averted vision and tweaking the focus...but i could just make out the main 4

I aslo got to see the faint blue glow for the first time with my 25mm.

That said i had a streetlight just below view aswell....i must say i'm very impressed with this celestron 60lcm. My gf bought me it for christmas and it's my first telescope

What a great night... Without going into more detail we viewed m45, mars, jupiter, betelgeues, moon craters at ~140x, hyades and of course m42.

Sent from a Galaxy S 2 far away.

[callisto]

Well done,

Keep it up

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice work. The nice thing about these small scopes is that you can take them to dark places. View M42 with the 25mm from a dark site and you will be amazed.

[Monki]

I can't wait for darker skies...after last night we're even thinking of going camping in Galloway forest area. My friend did a quick read up and it's apparently one of the best sites in the uk for dark skies. I've been once before but without a scope, there were so many stars it was unreal..

I guess portability is one advantage to smaller scopes

Sent from a Galaxy S 2 far away.

[Marcrosson]

Nice one! Well done

I managed to just about to see the trapezium too the other night. Although it was a bit windy when I went out to view. I should be able to get a even better view on a calmer night

[Spica]

Split this one with my 5" reflector friday night. At 25x only three stars were seen, at 43x I saw all four. Neat!