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Louis,I noticed a very bright light in the sky last night and assumed it was planet. Some googling later I identified it as Venus which is apparently at its brightest at the moment.
Venus was much too bright to see any surface details, but we did have some nice views of Jupiter that night. A scope like this really excels on deep sky objects, such as galaxies, nebulas and star clusters. Although seeing conditions were not optimal on the nights we were there, the views of the Orion nebula, the Whirlpool Galaxy etc were nonetheless some of the best I've seen. The biggest telescope I had used before this was a 30 inch Dob.
Switzerland revisit by Graham Gibson, on Flickr
My father passed away last Monday at the age of 91. Although he had been physically handicapped all his life and had spent the last 10 years in a wheelchair, he was mentally very strong until the last week. The evening before he died, he stated very clearly that enough was enough and that he would like to leave, which he did the following morning without drama of any kind.
There were traditional Buddhist funeral rites for three days that culminated with the cremation yesterday, and the spreading of his ashes on the Bay of Siam according to his own wishes early this morning. A great journey has come to an end.
The photo is from the ceremony this morning, my brother to the left, then my father's wife and her family.
GX8 with Pana 12-35mm f/2.8 @ 20mm and f/5
