Hey Al,
Grrrr. DIALUP - ouch
Great to hear you getting excited about the "new" sky at the homestead
I know what you mean about the dark sky. Just last night I went out to a new estate not far from me where there were no streetlights and an almost 160 spherical field of view (if that makes sense) and was blown away by how much more I could see in my 11x70 binos!
[edit: I have removed the previous observations and posted them in Observational Astronomy forum as I realised I was hijacking Al's thread - sorry Al, my apologies.]
-1.7C is a
bit cold, I must admit I only had a jacket and jeans on with no gloves and it was probably around about 5-10C so the hands were suffering holding the binos after a while and this is what sent me back home, otherwise I would still be out there!
Glad to hear the skies are clear and bright, bring on the Observatory!!!
Cheers
Chris