Transit of Venus

[Charley101]

Thank you Hamtastic

[Charley101]

I love Jupiter and Saturn as they are the easiest of the planets for me to see. I have never seen much detail though as my telescope is quite small. I have observed Venus and Mars but there isn't really that much to see to be honest (well for me anyway). When I first started, I loved looking at the moons craters as it helped me get used to my telescope.I would love to get something bigger. I hope one day I will be able to! I'm no expert either so I try to gain as much knowledge as possible.

I love just sitting in the garden getting used to the constellations. Orion is my favourite by far. It is so obvious on clear night. I bore my Mum and Dad to death telling them what planets are in the night sky and what constelltaion is what

[vanilla-yazoo]

I remember watching the eclipse a few years back, on top of one of the mountains of the moon in cornwall, didnt see much, but it was intresting

I would get up, but I really would regret it with work tomorrow, I shall catch it on te internets tho!

[RachK]

This is my scope. It's 5.1 inch Newtonian.

I made do with a basic Tasco Refractor for years. I only got it Christmas 2010. They've come down a lot in price now. My dream scope is way out of my reach though. I would love a Schmidt Cassegrain but they cost 1000's.

[Charley101]

I am so jealous right now....

[Charley101]

Did you buy this one online? Or from a specialist astronomy/telescope shop?

[RachK]

I'm still trying to get used to it. It has been much more complicated than my Tasco.

[RachK]

Bought it online Charley but it was still from a website that specialized in them. Saw it in a photography shop in town but it was much more expensive.

[Charley101]

I'm going to have a browse

[Charley101]

Well, I didn't get too see anything as the sky was completely covered in white cloud! Grrr!