Blackant
20-09-2009, 10:27 PM
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 :shrug:
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 :sadeyes:
The highlight of my night though was seeing NGC 253 and NGC 288 framed in the one field of view :thumbsup:
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 :D
Kind regards
Ant
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 :shrug:
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 :sadeyes:
The highlight of my night though was seeing NGC 253 and NGC 288 framed in the one field of view :thumbsup:
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 :D
Kind regards
Ant