OMG !Thank you- thank you IIS guys and girls! So much for helping me get an 8"Dob!
what a brilliant night! The 8 inch Dob has performed fantastic!
It was just great to sit out there, looking up with the brilliant stars arcing slowly over me.
I saw the comet lovejoy and 3 meteors burn up passed my FOV! 25mm
A satelite pass across too, I saw brilliant stars, and I think my first distant galaxy!! DSO!
NGC 266 something ,I couldn't read skyEye to confirm exactly ,it was like 2 u shaped clouds facing each other! In the south at 1130pm.
The warm air, the wind across the valley ,the chirping frogs miles away were all wonderfull.the milky way spanned across the valley above me, I even saw 2 clouds galaxy clouds separate to it in the south, then I found the jewelery box OMG !while swinging back toward north east
To top it all -Jupiter rose between a dent in the valley trees and I saw it too, , Magnificent!
The scope on a trolley with handy table worked great, I could stand and not bend!
Turn and work the scope in most directions.
Somehow ?my nieghbours have all decided to visit the local dealer at night now? So I had to shield my eyes from pasing cars and trail bikes!
But I scored big time !I have seen another galaxy and/ or at least a star cluster, no matter it has all been worth it, thank you for giving me this experience!
