Beautiful moonlit night in SEQLD

[Doogs38]

Anyone else in the Ipswich area out with their telescope tonight? I know it's a relatively bright night with the moon but it's soooooo clear & the temp is perfect (but the mozzies aren't :D). I've been doing double stars, Jupiter, Mars, swinging my way around Centaurus and Carina (with UHC filter), and some moon work too. I even bagged Centaurus A and am about to hunt down the Sombrero Galaxy (M104) above Mars. How much fun can you have on a Fri night :):D:)

[SimmoW]

Sounds nice Alex. I'm down in cloudy Melbourne, but tonite I had 45 min of clear skies. Saw the moon for the first time in my life (thru a scope that is!) , thru my 12 inch dob. Really made a strong impression, so vivid and 3d. Mars was too low and just behind some foliage, so I could just make out the disc only. Glad to get my red dot finder working accurately though.

[Astro_Bot]

Well, it was a nice night until a thick bank of clouds came over about 11pm. :mad2:

[Doogs38]

Yep!! I was having a lovely time until cloud + rain interrupted the fun. Simmo, the moon was good to look at :-) At the time, I was enjoying views of 'Rimae Gassendi' in the Moon's Gassendi crater ... the rilles really stood out at the terminator. Alex

[OzStarGazer]

I saw the moon yesterday after MANY totally cloudy days/nights. I put my dob outside and waited about 10 minutes. The clouds came back. :mad2: