[tomtom]

Pretty late right now. But I've had a few days observing so far
and I saw some pretty amazing and interesting things!

I'm not sure how long I can edit posts for, but I will put diagrams/names of what I was looking at tomorrow, as I will have to look it up in Stellarium and look at my notes from 2 nights ago.

But tonight I decided to look at the Orion Nebula, it's a really clear night and was great viewing. Now I don't know if this is possible, but I swear I saw a comet of some description fly by it. It was moving quite slowly. But I'm not sure if the movement would even be visible from that far away?
Although it most likely would have been quite a lot closer than the Orion Nebula, I don't think it was too close, as it was still almost in focus. I carefully followed it up as well, so I don't think it was just my eyes/brain fooling me. I lost it after about 5-7 seconds or so.

This also happened the other night when I was looking at the star which I will have to look up on Stellarium. But it moved a lot faster, like the ones you just see with your naked eyes, and had a trail and everything.

Also, on the Orion Nebula, I think I can see a sort of oblong patch of dark at the top? (or bottom, but top looking through the scope hehe) Is this just a darker patch, or is it bare for some reason? Very interesting.

Cheers,
Tom