So, a couple months ago, I got my first telescope, a 125mm (5") Meade ETX-125. I was fortunate enough to find one used on craigslist and thrilled to get such a nice scope for my first!

With the exception of a couple fluke warm days, I haven't been able to use it much. And for those of you in California, I don't want to hear about it! Yes, I know...it's cold here but at least the skies are clear and clean. ;-) Anyway, in the past couple days, I've been able to take some better shots of the moon and Saturn and thought I'd post them. And as long as you haven't ever opened a book or done an image search online, you'll think these pictures are impressive.

Moon, March 8th, 2009. (click image for more info/detail)

Saturn, April 8th, 2009. (click image for more info/detail and here for source video)

Saturn and its biggest moon, Titan, April 7th, 2009. (click image for more info)

 As the weather gets warmer and I get a better feel for what I'm doing, I'll post some better pictures.