Hello all
Just a quick hello and thankyou for all the informative posts/articles. I was in the motions of getting a 'toy' refractor when I came across IIS.
I picked up a Bintel 8inch dobsonian last week. At the first opportunity I took my better half out to the backyard to see what we could see and it was a great sight.
First object was Jupiter with it's moons. I couldn't believe I could see all four moons lined up along with Jupiter! Jupiter had a very faint darkish band in the middle.
We went over to the Orion constellation and caught a glimpse of the Orion Nebula. Wow!!!!
I didn't think I'd be able to see nebula being so close to the city.
I'm anxiously awaiting for the next opportunity to have a look at Saturn, which looks like Tuesday night according to Skippy weather.
Anyhow thanks again.
Sean