Venus and the crescent Moon looked stunning this morning....
I really enjoy the early mornings of Pembrokeshire's October and November, they seem to have more than their fair share of clear skies.
I've noticed that over the last six years; no matter how bad the weather may be the night before, there's a good chance of being cloud free in the hour just before the dawn.
Often in the months of October and November I have been lulled to sleep courtesy of a howling Atlantic South Westerly storm; only to wake at around 5.00 am to the sight of starlight.
Usually after about a hour the clouds roll in....... and once again the Atlantic bellows....
So for the next two months I will be looking for that early morning window of starlit opportunity...
Fingers crossed.....
This evening's viewing log:
I didn't expect the stars to be out tonight...... I was wrong.... :0)
Straight into the observatory...roll back the roof and time to chase a couple of Messiers.
I've been meaning to catalogue the Messier list, in a series of sketches.
Tonight I was able to add two to the list....
M71 was first on the list,. it took me a little while to find it as I was distracted by nearby Gamma Delphinus.
Gamma Delphinus is one of my favourites; a beautiful lemon and lime green double...well worth a look.
Tonight though, the seeing wasn't up to much, and poor old Gamma Delphinus looked a bit washed out.
In fact tonight's star views were pretty awful... though the two globulars I sketched stood out quite well considering....
Two sketches completed, only another 107 to go.... !!!
