What a night..

[Shaun_B]

Easily best for me in a long time. I ventured out into my back garden with little hope as the Met forecast showed intermittent cloud cover, however in Colchester from 22:30 till 0:30 the sky was crystal clear. This led to 2hrs of awsome stargazing, first I set my sights on Saturn (this was my first time seeing it), I was that excited I even dragged the missus and son out of bed to have a look lol. It was a little small but could make out the planet and a ring. I then turned to the ring nebule from there to Andromeda galaxy then to M103. Andromeda was pretty much just a grey smudge and M103 I could make out 3 main stars and a few little speckles around them but none the less I was amazed at what I got from my meade 90 etx. This has got me thinking... I need something bigger lol.

Shaun

[Blazar]

nice report...I think tonight is meant to be good as well...though I will be trying to do some more Lunar imaging from around midnight from the front garden.

We always need bigger scopes ;-)....just they cost quite a lot more.

[xtreemchaos]

great report mate, i remember the first time i saw saturn over 30 years ago its something that sticks in your mind"cant remember anything else from back then". thanks for sharing. charl.

[laudropb]

Nice report. Your first view of Saturn is always a special moment.

[Essex nightsky]

Nice report... Im in Clacton and the forecast for tonight seems to be more of the same, if not better.

[Shaun_B]

Thanks guys, was another good night last night, I managed M13 and M34 by pure luck. Anyway I'm now on the hunt for a new scope.