Assumed I wasn't going to get out so when the clear weather in Sydney arrived last night it caught me by surprise. I hurriedly finished the build of the scope and rushing outside with it before it had time to acclimatise to outside just managed to catch Jupiter and 1 moon before it disappeared into the neighbours tree - not a bad view considering.
Had a squizz at Mars as well later on but my eyepieces had well and truly fogged up by then. Had a look at Orion Nedula too.
Tried to find Uranus but no luck. Came to the conclusion I will be unable to view Andromeda from anywhere in my backyard due to trees in that direction...shame.
In short, a hurried peek before I had got my spot in the garage sorted out to house the scope but a good teaser of the possibilities.
Still getting my setup tuned - Dob drooped a bit looking toward the horizon - some sort of viagra for Dobsonians required ?
Laptop running Stellarium by my side and using my mobile phone as a light source ! What is the easy way to navigate to an expected position of e.g. a planet - is it just a case of star hopping then a bit of measurement e.g. finger spans etc ?
Hope others got a look in.
Towards the North I've actually got a good clear view but towards the city it's just such a marked difference in the seeing.
Cheers,
Steve
Steve.....
