Its Here !

Saturday was a blue ribbon day ... my C10-NGT has arrived ! Due to the size of the boxes and lack of sleep I will have to pick up the C5 Mount for it tomorrow but I have the OTA home now !

Good News .......

Well i have heard from Celestron .... my C10-NGT arrrives Friday.......

Courses....

Well i'm back on my course schedule , this Oct see's me doing my Amateur Radio Technician class as my course book arrived today as i slept ..... wonders i f i can have W2ASTRO for a callsign ::giggles:::: Come Spring i want to go to Hudson Valley CC and do Intro to astronomy . ( See link below for Astro course details)
https://webfor.hvcc.edu/pls/PROD/bwckschd.p_disp_listcrse?term_in=201010&subj_in=PHYS&crse_in=105&crn_in=13959
Its a 3 credit course that i can use to get in to other places like UTenn etc.
I also got a slightly better Moon map and the 20ft USB cable for my Imager arrived too, just waiting on the scope now !

Moon Watching

Last night i took the 20x80 Bino's out and tried to image the moon with my digital ( it was a flat bust as too much light was hitting the CCD). So with my daughter we decided to look at the moon which was a nice 1st Quarter which she enjoyed and wanted to know when the scope was arriving !

Saturn in Bino's

Took my 20x80's out on to the front porch during Tuesday evening and viewed Saturn, then called my Daughter out to see it, she was thrilled ! and commented Daddy will we see it in the new Scope? Smiles another one hooked on astronomy ! Thanks to Phil Harrington for his monthly sunday night show on Slooh for reminding me that Bino's are fun to use for astronomy !(and for the handy collimation tips for my bino's) Thanks Phil! (http://www.philharrington.net/). We have also been watching The Universe season 2 together ..... and my daughters reaction to seeing a goth (Dr Beth Biller) talking about exo-planets was WOW she is like Abby on NCIS cool!!

With cold weather i'm glad i have Slooh. The Treats of both Northern and Southern Skies are well worth staying in :) Comet Lulin(above) has been one such highlight of February! Thank you Slooh :)

The Moon & Venus

Well attempted to photograph the Moon & Venus with my handheld not bad!