Congratulations Steve!
First look through a nice telescope can be a
wonderful experience.
Did you notice all the stars around the moon last
night as the crescent moon was occulting the Pleides?
It was fun to sit and watch the moon draw steadily
closer to the stars and then to see how quickly the
stars winked out behind it.
This was one of the early proofs that the moon had no
atmosphere.
Saturn is about 9AU distant at almost 2nd magnitude.
Patrick


--- Steve Downing <sjdown@...> wrote:

> Hi to the northstar group!
>
> This is from a relatively new member: we hope to
> join you all for a
> stargazing night soon. Two young daughters and I
> put our new scope
> together yesterday and got to see Saturn and the
> rings last night, got
> a good look at the moon too! Gosh it was great!
> Tried to see Mars,
> knew where it was, but couldn't fix it in the scope.
> We need practice
> and tips from you more experienced viewers. At
> least everyone got to
> see the rings and the moon craters, all right from
> the front yard! It
> sure was fun, perfect for our first use of the new
> scope.
>
> Fond regards to all! --Steve
>
> How far away is Saturn, anyway?
>
>
>


Truth and beauty can be found by all who search the Heavens above.
Regards,
Patrick Stonehouse

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