A question for night time observers…

[rawhead]

I’m currently finding the planets and the moon the most rewarding.

Of course this might be different if I had a 16’’ Dob :shock:

[George]

Maybe add solar to that list......oh yes and

[Andrew*]

I look at anything that's up there, so I've gone for #3.

Andrew

[Paxo]

I have a limited area of reasonable seeing (pretty much at the zenith) due to local light pollution so whatever happens to be there or there about's at the time, I tend to pretty much like it all though #3 for me too.

Steve..

[Doc]

I've got a 16" dob so everything except solar for me.

Weather permitting off course.

[Talitha]

Another vote for #3.

If it's up there, it's a target.

[Sam]

If it's photons make it here (in large enough numbers of course) then it's on my list!

[algol]

mainly planetary stuff for me to be honest, although the brighter DSO's m42 etc. are great.

when i upgrade to an 8" dob or bigger i'll be obseesed with everythin lol

[rawhead]

The high % of peeps going for ‘Love it all’ surprises me. After seeing Patrick Moore proclaim (on more than one occasion) to being a ‘planetary man' I assumed seasoned astronomers would eventually line up behind one discipline or the other. Apparently not… :ky:

[jgs001]

Ah Jon, what counts as a seasoned astronomer ? I'm certainly not. As you have probably noticed from my observing reports I do like studying the moon, but I also like looking at what DSO's are within my bins/scopes reach. The moon in some ways is a lot easier for a relative newbie, it's easy to find and dark adaptation isn't a problem

[frogbmth]

<==== Solar boi

[timetraveller]

im definatley a 3 why buy a car if you only ever go to the local shops regards Pete

[Ant]

I don't observe anything, can't remember the last time that I actually looked through the scope (apart froma positioning point of view).

From a purely observational point of view the DSO's are a bit of a let down in my eyes. One small misty blob is much the same as the next - open clusters and Glob's and really the only exception for me. I guess that as the scope size increases this does change somewhat...

But I think that the moon would be quite rewarding, there is a wealth of detail just waiting to be looked at.

[RobH]

Visually it's planets and the moon for me, imaging wise, DSO's.

Cheers

Rob

[cygnusx1]

DSO's all the way for me, especially nebulae or galaxies, clusters, hmm, once you've seen 1 kinda seen them all hehe

[thing]

I like the Moon, open clusters, binaries and globs. Planets when you can get 'em. I'll have a look at anything really but a lot of DSO stuff is imaging only IMO. As has been said, one averted vision grey bit of smoke looks very much like another. Although having said that I do like imaging them.

[Sam]

One thing that really stands out though is hunting for faint fuzzies - I really enjoy star hoping to where they are and then finding them. Sometimes they stand out and give you a surprise when they're in the FOV, other times it's averted vision only - catching spiral arms is the icing on the cake. The planets are just amazing - like jewels in the blackness of space. Jupiter for example, is so serene in the eyepiece yet it's a massive violent and turnbulent world.