Well, you could have put money on it. This week I pulled my scope to pieces for some mods and while it was in the workshop in as many pieces I could reduce it to we had a beautiful night last night.
So, out with the fold up camping chair, binocs and star charts. I originally thought I would only spend a few minutes out there but got a bit carried away and was out for two and a half hours cruising the sky, visiting some old favourites, and checking out some more obscure constellations. What started out as a frustrating night ended up to be brilliant following some of my own advice to newbies of using binocs to cruise the sky. Sometimes we possibly get a bit too centred on the scope and forget the binocs as an observing tool in their own right and viewing on the broad scale they offer. The hardest part all night was getting up to change the angle of my chair, maybe I need to set up a chair platform
A great night after all
