First night tonight with the monster

[phil bod]

Well its clear out so far hope it stays this way for a few more hours at least...Gonna give the Orion XT 10 dobsonian its first outing as it arrived today, looks a beast I hope all the reviews Ive read about it are as good as they tell me really excited cant wait for darkness to fall...gonna hit the two star cluster under the W of Cassiopea first as this is one of my fav constellations for rich fields hopefully they will be even richer thru` the 10 inch then have a whip round the heavens  to see some other sights ..Bodes and Andromeda Galaxy`s...no doubt I`ll come back and let you know later how the views are. will be using Orion 2inch eyepiece 22m and my Tal 25m plossl eyepiece<<I love this Tal one always seems so sharp and crystal and also the Orion E series Zoom eyepiece gonna get off here and adjust my eyes to the dark hope to msg you later for the rundown ..clear skies to all

Edited September 1, 2020 by phil bod

[KeithP22]

Hope it stays clear for you.

[phil bod]

Thanks Keith but I spoke too soon Thick grey cloud rolling in from the irish sea nr Blackpool here I doubt by time it gets dark the skies will still be clear ..beautful and clear all day here ..and as always seems night falls and clouds roll in ...GRRRRRRRRRRR so frustrating ..oh well I can watch Star Trek lol

10 minutes ago, KeithP22 said:

Hope it stays clear for you.

 

[Stu1smartcookie]

wishing you all the best with your new scope, Phil ..you've given me some targets to look at that i had forgotten about .

 

[sloz1664]

Hi Phil and a very warm welcome to the Lounge. I love my Tal 25mm eyepiece as well

Steve

[Robindonne]

Im starting to love the view of a nice cloud.  The same like knowing a person more and more.  ❤️

[Pete Presland]

Hi welcome to SGL from Peter in Bedfordshire 🙂