Just spent a pleasant evening outdoors – finally getting to grips with The Moore Winter Marathon. Ticked off 8 of the 25 telescope objects this evening. Alas, despite looking at the right time I couldn’t pick out the Great Red Spot on Jupiter tonight. My favourite on the list tonight was the binary star Gamma Arietis – a pair of stars that orbit each other every 5000 years (or more). Worth another look in the future with the camera is the M78 nebula in Orion. This contains a couple of bright central stars, but the surrounding mist of the nebula was very faint visually. The M42 nebula in Orion’s Sword looking stunning as ever.
Welcome to my astrophotos and observations from my back garden in St. Albans, Hertfordshire
