Had a good night tonight

[Leegsi]

After a nice clear day I was hoping for clear skys tonight.

I was in luck so put the scope out to cool down and get my bits together.

-1 and frost with clear skys

After setting up I went for Mizar as I found out it was a double so thought that would be a nice easy target. Nice and easy to see Mizar and its friend Alcor.

Next up was Betelgeuse to see its colours flashing away and then on to the Orion nebular. It was good seeing so pushed SW150 upto 6mm eye piece with a x2 Barlow and swear I could see 4 stars but not sure.

Then onto the Andromeda Galaxy (I never tire of seeing 2.5 million miles)

After looking around the sky I decided to try and find something rather than wondering around the sky. Seen a few pictures of M36 and M38 and after looking at the app on my phone I went looking and found them

Was nice to actually find something and I think next time I am going to set myself some targets.

So all in all a good night.

[Mikea]

Well done on getting to see something after all this cloud! Next time you look at Mizar, push the mag up a little more - Mizar is a double in it's own right.

[Bobcat]

Definately a good night.

The Orion nebula was much clearer than other time's I've observed. Even the wife was quite impressed

...Then the clouds came marching in...

[todd8137]

hi the view i had of The Orion nebula last night was mega the starswere so bright in it i nearly cried at the detail sounds like you had a great view your self

pat

[russ]

Well done Lee, that sounds a great time. Orion Neb was fantastic last night, really good spells of transparency. M1 was also the brightest i've seen it. An easy object on all our instruments right down to the binos.

Don't forget it's clear again tonight, better make the most of it, the forecast is poor from tomorrow.

[iamjulian]

Those clusters in Auriga are some of my favourite parts of the sky. Try the cluster between Pereus and Pegasus. I forget which one it is now. M34? That's one of my favourites. After the double cluster of course!