We have been wanting a bigger set of binos. One of our sporting goods store had a sale on Barska 15×70 binoculars. And of course as soon as we bought them the astor weather bug hit and RAIN so we have not really had much of a chance to get out and use them. But […]
M38 also listed as (NGC 1912) is an Open Cluster. M38 is a very nice cluster 20+ stars counted pretty easy to find. Observing Location: Back Yard
This is NGC 6910 found in Cygnus. Its the Y shaped cluster, there are so many brilliant star field around Gamma Cygnus its hard to pick this one out. Nice little cluster Counted 11 stars with 3 brighter stars. Observing Location: Back Yard
If you are just starting out or even an old hand at astronomy Left Turn At Orion is a good all around book. You will not find the wazoo pictures you get from Hubble. What you WILL find are very good drawings that look more like what you will see in the eyepiece. Left Turn […]
This is M29 It is a small 8 star cluster in Cygnus One of Charles Messier discoveries who cataloged it on July 29, 1764. This is my first drawings! M29 is not hard to see just hard to find. I passed it by a couple of times then it hit me, that small group of […]
Man what a night. I was not planing on going out last night. But right before I went to be I peeked out the door and what a glorious site. Sagittarius was there in view, a rare thing from my light polluted back yard. So I packed up the scope and headed out to my […]