New world found far beyond Pluto

[blobrana]

Hum,
Watercolours?

impressive stuff, they have been looking for a big one for ages, and i think they have lined up another candidate as well...

[blobrana]

Yea,
That`s the good thing about astronomy...you don`t really need anything to appreciate the nite sky...(er, except eyes)...
But a nice pair of 7x50 binoculars do help...better than a fiddly scope, in your case...

And for a beginner they are very useful to learn your way around...

[blobrana]

A nice deck chair really helps...
Or, a mirror placed on the ground...(just look at the mirror, through the binoculars).

For those more technically minded, a `first surface`  silvered mirror is best, but i`ve had good results with a normal bathroom mirror, and binoculars fixed on to a tripod.

Take a look at the brightest `star` in the sky right now...
it`s jupiter, you should manage to see it`s four satellites easily...(they should be in a straight line).
 :-)