Mad moment!

[sbooder]

I had a mad moment tonight, when I blamed my mount for acting peculiar.  I was looking at M31, while waiting for the Orion Nebula to show above the surrounding houses.
 

When it did at last peek over the roof tops, I took hold of the handset and tapped in the Messier number "M57" (I take it you have spotted the error here?).
 

You would not believe the language I used to curse the mount...after three attempts, parking after each.  Why? I asked each time, is the darn thing pointing almost horizontal and to WnW?
 

I think that I have more stored memory than the handset, and The Ring Nebula being the last thing I looked at before I have had another chance (and sky) to use the scope again, I forgot to reset the stored data in my head!
 

I still cannot believe that it took three goes to realise I wanted M42 and not M57...Idiot!

[toxic]

HA HA HA ha ha ha and i thought i was the only one thank goodness there are more of us lol

[RWB]

See 'senior moments' in the lounge     

[A40farinagolf]

The difference is obvious - the M42 is in the Midlands and the M57 is near Liverpool - totally different declination / RA.

Apparently there is a new plugin for Stellarium that turns it into a Tom Tom - should make life simpler.

Nearest one to me is the Butterfly Cluster M6 (Junction 19)

[kev]

Ever thought of getting a usb plug in stick to augment your memory? <grin>

Sent from my iPhone so excuse the typos!

[Astro Imp]

That's another to add to the long list of stupid things us observers do.

I blame the cold freezing the brain 

[RWB]

That's another to add to the long list of stupid things us observers do.

I blame the cold freezing the brain 

A very high chance of that I must agree !!!