Saw The Teapot from Lanzarote

[kirkster501]

...and great to see some other objects that are so low in the UK at a decent altitude.  Explored Scorpio objects too. Went equipped with my 10x50's and my S+T pocket star atlas.  Slightly hazy there in the evenings but had a few good sessions (including beer sessions of course ;-)   ).

First time me and my little girl been on holiday without my late wife Yvonne so it was quite poignant but a hurdle cleared.

[paul mc c]

Seen it and  the whole Scorpions tail from a couple of years ago in Crete,just wish id had a scope.

[swamp thing]

Good stuff Steve.

Been a while since I went there, lovely place though. If only one could get a big scope on a plane

[Daniel-K]

lanzarote? why go so far? I go to bala in wales and I can see it from there

[faulksy]

me to lol. glad your hols went well with your little treasure though kirkster

[goodricke1]

Nearly bagged it the other night from Ireland, just missing Kaus Australis. At -34 it's going to be a tight one.

[Special K]

Sounds like a good trip Kirkster, on many levels. Great you got the opportunity to use the bins on the rare things we can't see easily from the UK.

[glowingturnip]

amazing isn't it, so many objects to be seen around kaus borealis and mu sag with a pair of bins, and I'm pretty sure I could see the lagoon nebula with the naked eye.

I reckon it's a camel btw, not a teapot - kaus borealis is the hump, legs below, tail to the right, and those stars up on the left are its head.  And capricorn looks like a pair of bikini bottoms...

[James]

Seeing the whole of Scorpius is quite something I'm looked in very intense negotiations about a holiday in La Palma with my wife... I've stumbled on what may be a suitable compromise... Tenerife

Its nice to hear you were able to take your daughter and it went well.

James

[Peter Drew]

Tenerife is good for Scorpius, although I'm at sea level when visiting, there is a helipad that juts out South into the sea with all the urban lights to the North. It's like an open air planetarium. 

[kev]

Skiathos was rather nice in july. Took the bins with me. 8-)

Not an island that caters for youngsters though.

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