Orion The Hunter

One of the things that has always fascinated me as a child and even more now as an adult is the night sky. I have always wondered what is out there among the stars and planets and further beyond. As an amateur astronomer, one of my favorite constellations to view in the evening sky is Orion The Hunter, it's easy to spot and has so much to look at. I can spend alot of time on my telescope observing it, not that anything happens while looking at it, but I just personally find it cool....lol. I especially love to observe the Great Nebula in Orion which looks like a big bluish dust cloud with a few star lighting it up. Most time's I'll start observing it thru binoculars and then switch over to my telescope. Once on my telescope, I switch out eyepieces as I observe it so I can see it at a wider field of view or in closeup with a more powerful eyepiece. It has not been too cold lately to go out and observe, but sometimes it is or it's too foggy or there is lots of dew, which builds up on my lens, or the neighbors lights are on. In the summer it's usually the mosquitos I have to worry about. Astronomy is something that I enjoy, it's as close to the stars as I can get.