Collegio's Starry Nite... Sort Of

After a long break from star gazing because of the cold and erratic weather during the winter months and moving onto spring, a group of us decided to take a different route to watching the skies,by going out to the Collegio's open field by the basketball court.

We had invited a friend from the St Peter's College, who eventually spend a night with us, to enjoy the evening of dinner and a chance to tap into the wondrous mysteries of the evening sky.

I set up the scope and the newly purchased (75 euros) 15x70mm binoculars for the night event and despite the clouds that came in a little later, we had a ball outside by the court! :-) We managed to see Saturn along the constellation Leo and saw the waxing moon with its shadowed craters and rills.

For Fr Wilbert who was seeing the moon in such close quarters, courtesy of the Bresser scope, his stunned expression on his face was really priceless!

Last night was certainly a good way to start off our Easter break!

(more pics here)