There is much to see and it comes down to what someone wants to see. The moon can be fascinating in and of itself until it gets too near full. A waxing or waning gibbous to near full or a full moon is too much for me, but I am enjoying observing and sketching the moon. That and double stars fill up some of the void when the moon gets too bright for DSO work. For me it extends the time I can observe and for lunar and double's, I usually do them from my backyard so no trip out. Alas, one never gets over DSO's for truly, double stars must be considered Deep Sky Objects since they also are to be found in the confines of the deep sky. Double's are in their own class (for me at least) like globular clusters,, open clusters, PN's, Galaxies, etc. Ok, now the Double Lovers can throw me under the bus. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks!
You'll get this faint fuzzy exclusivity out of your system one of these days, Joe. ;o)
Possibly the most beautiful, stirring sights I've ever seen in the eyepiece were moonrises and moonsets (along with Saturn, of course).
On 2/17/11, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Nice description. But I prefer times when there is no moon to set.
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