Due to a combination of bad weather and fatigue I have not been out with my telescope for a while. Even so there have been some neat things going on. Sometimes after one of my five month olds 4AM feedings I will take a quick peek out my window. The normally washed out south sky (light pollution from Edmonton) has become alive. Orion is dominating the sky as it rises earlier and earlier each day. Venus is shining as bright as I have ever seen it. All this with the moon still shining brightly and washing out the sky even more. I think I will finally get my chance to get out this weekend. Clear skies are predicted and it is the Thanksgiving long weekend. I am not looking forward, however, to the sub-freezing overnight temperatures.
My new telescope almost became a reality this weekend. My wife confessed that she almost went out to buy me one to surprise me. She decided to wait so that I would get what I really wanted. It won’t be long now. I am a lucky man. I do want to go visit our local astronomy club to find out what exactly I can expect to see with a larger telescope so close to a light polluting city before a make a purchase.
