Scorpius Reigns!

After a break from watching the heavens, I was back out in the cool night yesterday catching the mighty Scorpius that held my attention as the constellation weaved several sights into view with Jupiter in tow.

The skies were clear and reasonably dark despite the usual light pollution that only Singapore is famous for. If there were lesser lights aorund the area, I could have been able to take better constellations that includes Saggitarius (Teapot) that was right beside Scorpius.

Still, I can't complain. I had good skies last night which I used to the fullest and got my hp r707 digicam to grab some pictures that, though isn't all that great, highlighted the beauty of the constellations that graced the south-eastern sky. Along the way, I managed to identify M7, a globular cluster that was between the Teapot and Scorpius. M6 was a tad too dim for me to grab onto the scope, though I could see it with the binocs. I had some trouble moving the scope to capture M6 as I couldn't put it within the finder's sight :-P

Earlier I had also gotten the r707 to capture this incredibly fascinating piece of sight in the sky that looked very Christian! ;-) It was on the southern part of the night sky, and it was Crux. The four points of the cross can be clearly seen. :-) Amazing!

It was quite a good night out, though I was a little tired from the Sunday's proceedings. But the prospect of capturing Jupiter and her moons and viewing the Ms were too tempting to let go! ;-)

(more pictures here)