[julianh72 (Julian)]

So, I'm up in the Whitsundays for a bare-boat sailing holiday. I brought binoculars, but not a telescope - I figured "What's the point? How could you use a telescope aboard a rocking boat?"

Now I'm kicking myself - beautiful clear, cloudless skies, and I'm seeing things easily in binoculars that I normally struggle to see in my 130 mm telescope in light - polluted Brisbane skies. Eta Carina and the Southern Pleiades in particular are just stunning from on board as we sit at anchor, and I'm wishing I had brought some sort of small telescope to take ashore and set up on the beach!