Since getting my new telescope, I haven't touched my old and faithful bino's. Tonight though we've had lots of gusty winds and showers, so rather than risk turning my light bucket into a water bucket I just grabbed my 15 x 70's, camera tripod, observing chair and headed outside.
I had forgotten how amazing low power sweeps with two eyes along the milky way can be. It's a bit weird, but I think looking at objects through my telescope has trained my eyes to be able to see things better in my bino's
Stuff like the lagoon and swan nebula seemed to stand out a lot more than when I used to look at them, my imagination maybe
The highlight of my night though was seeing NGC 253 and NGC 288 framed in the one field of view
Before using the telescope I hadn't had much luck finding galaxies in my bino's, but this time I just did a bit of a sweep through the area, and it just sprang into view. Made a note of some of the brighter stars around it and then checked when I came in to make sure it's the right one.
I can't wait to train the Dob on it the next good night I have
Kind regards
Ant
