Yup, the Orion Nebula was one of the first objects I ever saw through a
telescope, and it knocked my socks off; trouble was, it set my expectations too
high for the rest of the stuff I saw. But I got over it.
The more I read your postings, the more you remind me of Phil Chambers,
tinkerer par excellence. Chambers, are you reading this? For god's sake, post
something, man! We miss you.
Cheers,
Paul Sterngold
--- Sander Pool <sander@No-Spam> wrote:
>
> Last night I took a peek at Orion with my cheapo binos before heading to bed
> around 1AM. Good grief that's gorgeous, even without glass as seen through
> the Valley Soup. Later on I looked at M42/M43 through binos again, no
> knowing what I was looking at but of course relishing in its beauty. So now
> I understand why people love Orion. How wonderful that it's appearing
> earlier and earlier now.
>
> Earlier that evening I used my binos to look at M38 and M37 in Auriga after
> reading about it in the current Night Sky. Had some trouble locating M36 but
> I'll admit that I didn't try very hard.
>
> Also spent some time trying to make my PocketPC talk to my Autostar. Didn't
> get that to work yet. I'm using a GPS serial cable with a homebrewn
> conversion cable so I probably futzed up an Rx and Tx somewhere. At the time
> the 2090 also provided a very satisfying wide view of M45. 800mm with a 40mm
> eyepiece will do that. Didn't spend too much time on Mars but I did on
> Saturday night, using the C8 with a barlowed 9.7mm. Saw the most detail yet
> and this was from my driveway.
>
> Sander
>
>
>
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