The Triumvirate

The night was a little warm and not much wind to sway the branches of the plants and trees around the yard. The skies was clear and not a cloud to block the showing of the stars that were already twinkling in the dark.

I decided to just grab some pix from my trusty r707 digicam to see what it can do in the dark ;-) Quite a lot actually! As can be seen from the images here, it showed up the mighty Scorpius alongside its neighbour, Sagittarius. Just above them is the bright shining object that prominently glows more than its neighbouring stars around. That happens to be the giant Jupiter and her 4 moons clumped together which can be seen more clearly with the telescope, of course.... :-)

I took a few more shots around the skies that was visible within the sights of the presbytery's carpark near the refectory. They are here. This was an exercise in smaller scale of star gazing that needn't call for any usage of the scope. :-)