[neB]

Received my new AOE 11*70 binos a week or two ago and due to the cloudy weather up here, didn't get to use them until Sunday night.

I was actually out finishing off some work from earlier in the day and noticed the sky was clear for the first time in ages. So, out came the binos.

I was impressed with the view through the binos - having not used any this size before. Freehand movement was much more controllable than I imagined it would be. Though did get a bit of a shoulder cramp after about 30 mins.

Anyway, to the story. I was checking out M42 in Orion within about the first 10 minutes of use (after setting focus, IPD etc) and a meteor shot across my FOV. Nearly shat myself. I had a nice stable image up so it wasn't any reflection or movement. This was about 7:50 on Sun.

Then about 5 minutes later I was cruising around the sky almost straight up, slightly East, when a satellite went through my FOV.

Couldn't believe my luck.

Had a look a crux, LMC, Pleiades, and lots of other bits.

Also managed to identify the logo on the tail of a Qantas jet that went by just as I was finishing.

Fabulous first viewing. Wonder if this will happen every time I use them. Or ever again??

Cheers,
neB