Post by dewayne on Dec 31, 2004 7:43:56 GMT -6
Went out this morning at 6 a.m.
I have the day off.
It was absolutely beautiful outside.
Only a few clouds, no wind, 52 degrees.
It felt like spring.
At that temp it did not take the scope long to cool down.
Well, I wanted to do some planet hunting.
Saturn was easy.
Jupiter was easy.
Mars I never did find.
Those clouds I mentioned were in Mars' area of the sky.
But, what I really wanted to bag was Mercury.
I knew it would be easy to find, with Venus so close by.
I had not seen Mercury before through my scope.
I saw it the other morning in my company's parking lot naked-eye with Venus close by.
I was outside about 20 minutes before Venus and Mercury cleared some trees in my neighbors yard.
There it was. ;D
Mercury was bigger than I imagined it would be at 200X.
I watched it for about a half-hour before it headed into increasing clouds with the sun rising.
This was a nice way to end the year.
Now I just have to find Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
Those will be jobs for 2005 though.
;D
I have the day off.
It was absolutely beautiful outside.
Only a few clouds, no wind, 52 degrees.
It felt like spring.
At that temp it did not take the scope long to cool down.
Well, I wanted to do some planet hunting.
Saturn was easy.
Jupiter was easy.
Mars I never did find.
Those clouds I mentioned were in Mars' area of the sky.
But, what I really wanted to bag was Mercury.
I knew it would be easy to find, with Venus so close by.
I had not seen Mercury before through my scope.
I saw it the other morning in my company's parking lot naked-eye with Venus close by.
I was outside about 20 minutes before Venus and Mercury cleared some trees in my neighbors yard.
There it was. ;D
Mercury was bigger than I imagined it would be at 200X.
I watched it for about a half-hour before it headed into increasing clouds with the sun rising.
This was a nice way to end the year.
Now I just have to find Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
Those will be jobs for 2005 though.
;D