Newbie's Delight

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Tonight, I had my first view of both Saturn and Jupiter through my newly
arrived 5" Orion. Absolutely gorgeous. I didn't quite know what to
expect.
Both my girlfriend and I really enjoyed watching the two planets. I can't
wait to get out of the city and look for deep sky objects.

Congrats on first light! Saturn and Jupiter are great the first time and
still great the 753rd time.

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
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Tonight, I had my first view of both Saturn and Jupiter through my newly
arrived 5" Orion. Absolutely gorgeous. I didn't quite know what to expect.
Both my girlfriend and I really enjoyed watching the two planets. I can't
wait to get out of the city and look for deep sky objects.



Depending on where you live, you may not need to go to a deep sky site
to see some nice objects. Try the Orion Nebula (M42). It is easily
visible from my very light polluted back yard in San Diego. Also try
M41, M44, and M67 (all star clusters). All are visible with
binoculars (M44 is even occasionally a naked eye object) from my back
yard.

Tonight, I had my first view of both Saturn and Jupiter through my newly
arrived 5" Orion. Absolutely gorgeous. I didn't quite know what to expect.
Both my girlfriend and I really enjoyed watching the two planets. I can't
wait to get out of the city and look for deep sky objects.

Congrats on the views, and welcome!

Clear Skies
Richard

Congrats on your viewing! I was out tonight with my 60mm looking at Saturn
and Jupiter, sure is exciting the first time and every time there after!
When my 4 1/2 gets back from the shop I plan to do some deep sky observing
to. Good Luck and Clear Skies!
Tom Wales

Depending on where you live, you may not need to go to a deep sky site
to see some nice objects. Try the Orion Nebula (M42). It is easily
visible from my very light polluted back yard in San Diego. Also try
M41, M44, and M67 (all star clusters). All are visible with
binoculars (M44 is even occasionally a naked eye object) from my back
yard.

There are lots of Deep Sky Objects that can be viewed from ones back yard in a
5 inch scope, of course a dark site makes it easier. M46 and M47 are close to
each other and quite nice in a 5 incher. M35-38 are high in the sky right now
are interesting clusters. Most Messier clusters are doable from a relatively
polluted location in a 5 inch scope.

Not sure which scope you have, one exciting thing to do is to just sweep the
sky using a low power eyepiece and see what you see.

jon

Yeah, they're lovely planets alright. The first time I ever saw them was
through a friend's 3 inch Tasco (of course, this wasn't your typical poor
Tasco of today). The night was particularly steady and magnification was
boosted to close to 200x.

The Cassini division of Saturn stood out quite well and at times I thought
the Enke division was visible, although I doubt it really. I could see
Titan and the rings were at their maximum that year.

With Jupiter, several bands could be seen and with good amounts of color.
The four moons stood out well and one was casting a shadow on the surface of
Jupiter.

We were at a dark sky site at the time and visited many Messier objects that
night also. I'll never forget the greenish glow of M42 or the vastness of
M13.

I think you'll really enjoy your scope. A 5" has enough aperture to provide
some rewarding views of DSOs from a dark sky site.

Ash




"..." wrote in message
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Tonight, I had my first view of both Saturn and Jupiter through my newly
arrived 5" Orion. Absolutely gorgeous. I didn't quite know what to
expect.
Both my girlfriend and I really enjoyed watching the two planets. I can't
wait to get out of the city and look for deep sky objects.

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Tonight, I had my first view of both Saturn and Jupiter through my
newly arrived 5" Orion. Absolutely gorgeous. I didn't quite know
what to expect. Both my girlfriend and I really enjoyed watching
the
two planets. I can't wait to get out of the city and look for deep
sky objects.



CONGRATS! You have MANY,MANY,MANY wonderful nights ahead of you both.
Prepare to be amazed, awestruck and thoughly blown away many many
times in the coming years!


Tom

I want to thank everyone for the encouragements and tips for a newbie like
me. I fing this newsgroup very helpful and generally vastly superior to
many usenet groups. Cheers.


"..." wrote in message
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Tonight, I had my first view of both Saturn and Jupiter through my newly
arrived 5" Orion. Absolutely gorgeous. I didn't quite know what to
expect.
Both my girlfriend and I really enjoyed watching the two planets. I can't
wait to get out of the city and look for deep sky objects.