Well that was a reasonable nights viewing for a begginer.
Went back to what l know is easy with Pleiades and then a good look at Orion nebula with my 20 and 15mm GSO WA EPs and then the 5mm Orion. Getting used to what to expect to see. Also using the Stellarium features l was able to see the telescope view and match it up to what was in my EP. Getting to know how far things are from each other compared to what's on the screen was interesting. Was not able to eyeball the Rosetta nebula, there was a high probability l was looking right at it but didn't see it for the light pollution.
Swung around to the south and worked my way from aCrux across to the SMC with the finder scope, trying to get used to how it's backwards from the main ota and bino's. SMC ok but not 47 TUC. Not sure if l was looking too far away or right at it.
Tried to find some galaxy near Caldwell 104 but no luck, it's a mag 12 so l think that might be too dim for my location, plus with only the 15 then 5 mm EPs it's a difficult jump in magnification.
I really need to get my focusser sorted and a few more EPs about 10 and 8mm.
Highlight of the night, definately finding Uranus, and l like how childish that sounds.
