Woo.

[Crash Nebula]

I had GREAT fun tonight... lugged the scope out, real nice skies..

Saw some great clusters, billions of stars! :o

Eta Carina was amazing... Orion neb was great.

Saturn looked real good with beehive cluster!

Also saw moon, couldn't find sombrero galaxy though.

I have to go.

Night!

[Starkler]

Im glad your enjoying that scope that you saved so long for Charlie :)

[Crash Nebula]

I'm having an awesome time!!!

I'm currently saving for a $79 webcam, so I can start imaging... :D:D:D

Might go out tonight, probably not though, school school :mad2:

EDIT - yay 100 :D

[Miaplacidus]

Well done Charley. Have you seen 47 Tuc with that scope yet? It should look fantastic.

[Crash Nebula]

not yet :( tried to find but couldn't :(

[Miaplacidus]

Don't worry, you'll find it (it's easier than the galaxies). If not, there'll be plenty of other delights. Have you got some sort of planisphere or star charts (or star charting software)? Because if you haven't you can download some charts suitable for the southern hemisphere. Else you'll find one in an astro magazine.

Anyway, happy hunting,

Brian.

[Crash Nebula]

Yeah, I have Starry Night, which is what I used to locate most of that stuff last night.

[ving]

excellent! onya charlie! :D

[dhumpie]

Sounds like you had a great session there Charlie :) And yes you have to see 47 Tuc before it gets lower. Currently you have to start early to get good views. But if you stay up late you can bag Omega Centauri as well. That is the granddaddy of all globulars. I like the views best at medium mags since high mags make it look more like an open cluster....

Darren