A BIG thank you to Jeff and his wife for giving me a personal mini-star-tour. It was my first-ever view of Jupiter. Very cool. I didn't know those "stars" were moons till Jeff pointed them out. What was really nice was having Jeff confirm the identity of the faint fuzzys I was seeing. "OH! So THAT's a nebula!" Thanks again, Jeff.
My first scope was a 60mm Celestron Nexstar (for sale!) and was pretty useless. My new scope, a Celestron CPC-800, is awesome and this was the very first night with a clear dark sky.
I should have taken the opportunity to look through Jeff's 12" Dob, but was too into my new scope and all its fancy doodads and new eyepieces. Maybe next time Jeff?
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