Hey everyone
I was wondering how your first night was with your first ever Telescope, or a telescope that you bought (could be your 2nd telescope 3rd, 10th
I don't mind) Include the excitement of it all, what you looked at, and what telescope it was, and date (if you remember
)
I'll start off.
Yesterday I took out (after patiently waiting for days and days due to the clouds) my first ever telescope!!! It is a 6", 153mm, Dobsonian Sky-Watcher telescope. I can't even describe to you how excited I was over the moon
I observed the following:- (Please forgive me for the spelling)
-Pleiades
-Sirius
-Procyon
-Achernar
-The 3 Stars in Orions Belt
-Canopus
-Rigel
-Betelgeuse
I tried to locate these, but with no success:-
-Great Orion Nebula.
My experience: It was quite hard for me (due to the fact that it was my first time) to locate with my scope some of these things. I failed to locate the Orion Nebula, which was a shame, but better luck next time
I had to always stop and wait a bit because of clouds coming in and then drifting away, but after 30-45 minutes I had to stop due to the clouds
I had a great first time, look forward to doing it again
Your turn now
Regards,
Sebastien.