It must be the night for it in Victoria after what seems like weeks of cloud. Apart from a bit of gusty wind it is almost pleasant!
I was finally able to get my scope (8” dob) out and into position to look north. I was rewarded with a great view of M42 and associated regions. Followed by some good low power views of Jupiter (convection currents off the house roof spoiled higher power).. I finally did get to really try out the 13t6 Nagler I picked up a few weeks ago and was very impressed by it's performance over the supplied plossls. To my surprise was able to fairly easily pick out the e and f stars in the trapezium in m42. I had to keep going back and looking again to convince myself I was really seeing them!
Lets hope for some more clear nights – although it looks like rain over the weekend
Darren.