First view with the telescope tonight.

[lennoxlude]

My seven year old daughter notified me that the sky was clear, so it was time at last to get the gear out. We had a look at the moon, and orion. One word amazing. It wasn't long before she had to go back to bed, and then i looked at Jupiter at 65x. It looked amazing, and i could see it's moons. i didn't have time to get the barlow to look at the moon as it wasn't long before that the moon went beyond the house and out of view. I looked at pleiades, but i thought that looked better with the 10x50 binoculars.

My mrs came out after i told her i could see Jupiter, so she had a look, and was amazed. the lucky git also saw a meteor that i missed as i was setting orion for her. She then knocked over my cup of tea, and gave me a panick with the telescope. All in all, great night.

It was the skywatcher heritage 130p that i used. I didn't realise till near the end, but my gear was turning to ice lol, that's how cold it must of been, but i was so lost in the moment that i coudn't even feel the cold.

[jwallis]

Its great when you get your first night out with your scope. So much to see and it sounds like you really enjoyed it.

Clear skys to you,

Jon

[Nexus 6]

Hi Lennoxlude,

Glad you had some clear skies to have a look through your scope. I would say that some objects ,like the pleiades(M45), do look as good or better with bins compared to a scope. Try finding M31 the Andromada galaxy in the constellation Andromeda.

To help you find it look here

http://www.stellarium.org

Alan

[nightfisher]

well done, glad you have got of to a good start