Tonight was a good end to a great year of astronomy. I haven’t been out in a couple of weeks so I decided to wrap up the year with a short session tonight. Conditions weren’t great, transparency and seeing were average. I got a good view of Jupiter and its moons, as well as the Pleiades. I waited a little bit for Orion to rise and observed the Orion nebula and Auriga and Gemini clusters, M35, M36, M37, and M38. This year was my first full year in astronomy, and I really enjoy this hobby and look forward to more experience and clear skies in 2013.
Here's a short video I threw together documenting some of my experiences in 2012.
