Confessions of a Frustrated Amateur Astronomer

Jupiter finally moved far enough for me to put my telescope on it at a reasonable time (about 11:30pm).  I was really looking forward to this because this is the first time I looked at Jupiter though the Orion XT6.  Not surprisingly, the view was a bit disappointing.  Jupiter is about the size of a [...]

Tropical storm Felicia came by last week and gave us some much needed rain.  She even parted the clouds a couple of nights ago and gave me a clear sky.  I went out to the balcony and saw that Scorpian is starting to hang low on the horizon and I could start to see Sagittarius.  [...]