Our universe is filled with many beautiful sights, if we only take the time to look. With low temperatures and clear skies, I was finally able to get the telescope out for a short tour around the cosmos the other night. It’s been a while since I’ve bothered to take it out, but it was well worth it. While there weren’t any planets in view at the time, the moon was below the horizon and the sky was about as dark as I could hope for. Nan and I got a good look at the Orion Nebula which is worth taking a look at if you’ve never seen it. If the weather cooperates, I’ll have to see if I can take it out again tonight. Perhaps one of these days I’ll put our Nikon D80 to use with the telescope and put some of the images up here. That’s going to take some practice though…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our universe is filled with many beautiful sights, if we only take the time to look. With low temperatures and clear skies, I was finally able to get the telescope out for a short tour around the cosmos the other … Continue reading