Observing with society friends again !

[John]

I've just come back from a great evening observing with Bristol AS buddies at the society observatory south of Bristol.

4 of us took scopes along ranging from a 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain to an 11 inch SCT.

We just toured some well known late Summer / early Autumn sights. Nice to see all 4 gas giant planets through a variety of scopes.

What was really nice though was to be out under a dark sky again with others who share the interest and enthusiasm. I now realise just how much I've missed that over the past 18 months.

 

 

 

 

[JeremyS]

7 hours ago, John said:

I've just come back from a great evening observing with Bristol AS buddies at the society observatory south of Bristol.

4 of us took scopes along ranging from a 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain to an 11 inch SCT.

We just toured some well known late Summer / early Autumn sights. Nice to see all 4 gas giant planets through a variety of scopes.

What was really nice though was to be out under a dark sky again with others who share the interest and enthusiasm. I now realise just how much I've missed that over the past 18 months.

 

 

 

 

Great to hear this, John.

Ive had one night with some fellow astronomers from my club: Perseid maximum. As you found, i was taken by surprise by how wonderful it was to be out observing with friends again.
 

We haven’t started indoor meetings yet. I hope it will be soon. It’s 2 years since I attended one since I was living in India before the pandemic struck.

[Alan White]

Great news John, I know how you feel.

My Club, CPAC has had several dark site observing sessions and one an at the Club Space Begginers Night.
It was most uplifting and enjoyable.


 

[Pixies]

I started observing just as lockdown started and have never done so in the company of anyone else (kids excepted)!