Heavenly Bods
The moon was nearly full, but before it rose, I crossed Messier 6, and 7 off my list. It was right after 10PM when the trucks started pulling up. Well, the headlights didn’t really add much more light pollution, but I was already digging out the lenscaps, and I didn’t worry about turning on my redlight. To preserve my night vision, but when I looked up. It looked like a bunch of rednecks getting out, I assumed to make some sort of bonfire, until I noticed the odd configuration of their parking. 1 truck, with the other three pointing their headlights at it, and a woman pulled out. “What the?” I pulled off the lenscaps, and squinted in the binoculars. With 63mm aperture, and 7mm exit pupils, they’re just about perfect for light gathering. Which …