Wind gusts to 40 mph and temps around zero do not make for a good outdoors weekend, but the sky did clear off last night for the first time in almost three weeks. Yes, I managed to work up the courage to step outside with my
astronomy binoculars, just long enough to take a quick look at the Orion nebula and the Beehive. The crescent moon was also quite a sight in the
Nikon 10x70, but that's about all I could manage before I began to freeze up. Ten minutes outside with my
binocular to freeze up and an hour inside the apartment with a gallon of really hot chocolate to thaw. That's what
winter astronomy with a binocular is all about.