Neptune

[rawhead]

Real job trying to track down Neptune tonight. Would of been a first if I'd seen it. Got my bearings with Stellarium, even recognized the star pattern around where it should have been but no sign in the bins at all

Scanned the area at X25 in the scope, nothing...

Still, had my first look of the year at M45 and M31

[Talitha]

Congrats! I hope seeing M45 and M31 made up for not bagging Neptune.

I caught Neptune and Uranus last night with the 8"SCT and saw them a few years ago using pretty cheap common 7x35s. Keep trying, you'll get both.