Hello folks.
Over the week end, I happened to wake up an hour or two before dawn
and decided to get up and take a look through the 10" ZOC AstroSky,
which was already out in the back yard after some lunar use the night before.
I got my first look at M42, since last winter. Very nice, as always.
Scanned through the star fields in Orion and then up through Auriga,
finding all the bright clusters there, M35, M37, M36, and M38.
I found M1 in Taurus, just to see if I could see it.
There is a big tree in the way, or I would have viewed Saturn,
which I've been spying on lately, during my early morning commute.
Anyway, it was a nice little preview of the coming season.
And I was back in bed in less than 30 minutes, for some extended dreaming.
Which is always welcome.
Linton
Over the week end, I happened to wake up an hour or two before dawn
and decided to get up and take a look through the 10" ZOC AstroSky,
which was already out in the back yard after some lunar use the night before.
I got my first look at M42, since last winter. Very nice, as always.
Scanned through the star fields in Orion and then up through Auriga,
finding all the bright clusters there, M35, M37, M36, and M38.
I found M1 in Taurus, just to see if I could see it.
There is a big tree in the way, or I would have viewed Saturn,
which I've been spying on lately, during my early morning commute.
Anyway, it was a nice little preview of the coming season.
And I was back in bed in less than 30 minutes, for some extended dreaming.
Which is always welcome.
Linton
