Observing Session: 27/09/2013

Last night even though it wasn't the first time i went out star gazing it was the first of many things. So i got prepared got my walm clothes on got my planisphere and a torch and my new binoculars. These new binoculars are super big so I needed a tripod to use them. Unlucky I had one but couldn't use it as the fixture to the mount seemed to be wedged. However at the time of writing this the day after I've managed to fix it so hopefully next time I will have a even more better experience.

The sky was clear and i went out for my eyes to adjust. I first went to Lyra my favorite constellation not only because its the brightest star in my sky but also because when I am at home my garden faces west directly looking at Lyra so its a good starting point.

I am really new to learning constellations and last night I used my plannisphere to learn some more i worked out where Cassiopeia was and from there onto Andromeda. M31 looked similar to the view i get from my dobsonian which is relatively impressive when you think your looking through a pair of binoculars. Again this could of been improved if i had a tripod to steady my view.

Celestron 20x80

The next big spot was M45 - The Pleiades wow what a sight. I actually saw these around midnight. I looked through the binoculars and wow a compact set of stars. These are apparently the 7 sisters?

Finally and lastly i new that Jupiter was in the sky next to the moon. The sky was clear so around 2am I saw my first sight of it I wished i had a tripod. You could tell it wasn't a star and it was so bright. Deffently look forward to looking at using a tripod.