Finally, a clear night after so long! Lugged out the 10" for a bit of perusing before the moon got too high. And would you believe it, I happened to chance upon a Jupiter moon transit! There was Ganymede, a beautiful black spot against Jupiter's pale face, I couldn't believe my luck! So that really made my night, which was good because I could only find M6 and M7 tonight. I found it really difficult to make out constellations and to read my star maps. It may have had something to do with the sky being so bright from the moon, I'm not sure. I also found my finderscope was out of focus so I'll have to read up on refocusing it, everything looked like a fuzzy blob
But I'm not disheartened, these things take time!
