I have never been a winter observer, but this year with all of the clear stable seeing, I was once again in love with the planets. Through my 16"dobsonian with exceptional seeing, I could glimps the swirls in Jupiter's belts, I could even push to 350x one night, could see distinct colour variations across Saturn's disk. Although mars was past opposition, surface features were clear as well as the bright polar cap. My passion for the moon was even rekindled.
I spend most of my time with my 15x70 binoculars scanning Scorpio and Sagittarius, so many hours and so much to see, over and over again.
I can't wait for next winter
