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- So you've decided tonight you're going to setup your telescope and look at the sky. How do you decide what to look at, and how do you prepare (if at all)?
I'm new to astronomy, I've been doing it for less than a year. I'm curious to know if there is a ritual to figuring out what to spot, or is that most people just take the scope out and see whatever they can.
I like to choose a target and then head out to find it, but lately this has been frustrating. I'm stuck in the confines of my yard, with plenty of trees (no leaves yet luckily) and other house limiting my field of view. Objects that I hoped to see end up being obstructed.
I should add that I have a manual German equatorial mount, so I manually dial in the coordinates.
I like to choose a target and then head out to find it, but lately this has been frustrating. I'm stuck in the confines of my yard, with plenty of trees (no leaves yet luckily) and other house limiting my field of view. Objects that I hoped to see end up being obstructed.
I should add that I have a manual German equatorial mount, so I manually dial in the coordinates.