Well the moon is about to rise and the eastern sky is starting to lighten up so I have just packed up my 12 inch after a near perfect night of viewing.
I spent most of the night poking around crux paying particular attention to red stars, binary's and clusters. Who doesnt love that little carbon star next to Beta crux (mimosa) ? and... the red and blue stars in the jewel box were just outstanding tonight, does anyone else see a cute little fox from the primary stars of the jewel box? he is looking to the left with his tail vertical. And then there's Omega Centauri, I could resolve millions of stars in it tonight, I started trying to count the brighter one's but what a joke. NGC 3766, 3603, 3590, 3572 and 3496 were all clear and brilliant, Eta carinae was superb too.
All in all, a very stable and clear night with seeing near perfect. Looking forward to Rons on the 29th more than ever now.
Glad to see you out and about Dennis. You obviously weren't able to see Jupiter down low from your place. Yuck. Tried a couple of vids but nothing to write home about. Things looked nice up high though.
Jupiter is a front yard object for me and as you know, to much light there so I didnt bother, nup I had a lovely time looking south to zenith and all in between, saw a couple of good meteorites too, good time of the year for them, actually, from my position one of them looked like it headed straight for your house? Maybe I was wrong.
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