I was up waiting for saturn last night (first sight of it!), half a dozen galaxies along the southern border of Leo, a planetary in Corvus, and, of course, the Sombrero.
Spent maybe 2 hrs just lounging in my chair in the backyard taking in the Milky way overhead and wondering at the scale of it - it's what i always do. Gorgeous dark skies here and the view never fails to inspire. LMC looked so bright it was unbelievable.
Eventually all my targets were abouve the pine and gum trees and all were found (except the planetary). Need a barlow to add to my 9mm, Saturn was beautiful, but not big enough for the greedy eye!
My first impression of the planet was that it looked contrived. So perfect looking - the rings much brighter than i expected them to be at their angle. Three moons as well i think - 2 right next to the rings and one further out. Sounds wierd but ...yeah...contrived somehow
Great night
