Forgotten art of using the eyepieces

[Ibbo!]

After the aborted launch of the shuttle I stuck my nose out of the door and lo and behold it had cleared up

As a confirmed imager I have not looked through the eyepieces for a while.

Friday night was different at the society I had taken the Tak FS60 and the SW 80 Pro and had an enjoyable night showing a few bits and bobs to a couple of newbies.

As I am changing the configuration of the scopes I had not set up for imaging and what with watching NASA Tv decided to have a quick look through the eyepiece again

Of course it was the big lad calling me to the SE

I upped the mag with the Tak 102 and numerous belts appeared and a transit

I guessed Io

which I confirmed a few moments ago

This eyepiece malarkey could catch on

[GazOC]

I got lucky tonight and saw the transit (thanks for saving me looking up which moon it was!). It was a last minute decision, it comes to something when you're setting up at half one in the morning!!!

[Ibbo!]

where has the summer gone

there I was, t shirt & shorts as usual and feeling a bit chilly

oh yes I forgot I'm usually inside watching the monitor instead of standing still looking through several pieces of glass

[Talitha]

This eyepiece malarkey could catch on

Absolutely!

Congrats on your sighting, btw.

Tshirt and shorts... at night... in July?

Unheard of in my neck of the woods.

It was 6.5C at the Starpad at midnight, lol.

Keeps the skeeters down, though.