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bizaro86 · 12-24-2020, 09:23 AM

We recently bought a small telescope for my son. We set it up on the driveway last night and looked at the moon, which he really enjoyed. He wanted to see Jupiter/Saturn (great conjunction) but it was too cloudy on the exact night. Still, Christmas Eve seems like a good time to view the "Christmas Star." From our house we can't see the southwest horizon because of other houses. Any suggestions for somewhere we could go (prefer NW) that would be a reasonable place to set up and observe. Attention span is probably only 15 minutes (he's 6) so I don't really want to drive 30 minutes out into the country, but will if the consensus is that it makes a huge difference.

12-24-2020, 09:23 AM	#8
bizaro86 Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Exp:	We recently bought a small telescope for my son. We set it up on the driveway last night and looked at the moon, which he really enjoyed. He wanted to see Jupiter/Saturn (great conjunction) but it was too cloudy on the exact night. Still, Christmas Eve seems like a good time to view the "Christmas Star." From our house we can't see the southwest horizon because of other houses. Any suggestions for somewhere we could go (prefer NW) that would be a reasonable place to set up and observe. Attention span is probably only 15 minutes (he's 6) so I don't really want to drive 30 minutes out into the country, but will if the consensus is that it makes a huge difference. Last edited by bizaro86; 12-24-2020 at 09:26 AM.