We had a fun spontaneous session hopping solar system objects. Luna and Jupiter never disappoint. The kids argued over who could count the most visible moons near Jupiter. We are a little early to see Lunar V & X but that's ok, the terminator never disappoints and is always fun to cruise up and down. Venus was low and not a sharp crescent at this time, but still very obviously not a star with definite shape and some color to it. We looked at a few of the brighter stars as night fall came along. Seeing supported 150x mag tonight without a fuss, so we are thankful. We love doing early evening sessions when its not dark yet so after 20~30 minutes it's dark and we can close up shop and go in for dinner or whatever else, even on a school night.
Tonight we cruised around on the ancient CGEM carrying a 300mm F4 newtonian in my raised deck roll off observatory with a 25mm, 15mm and 8mm eyepiece trio. I sure would like to get a Baader Zoom one of these days!
Keep looking up!
by xxMalVeauXxx