Through The Telescope

 

With how beautiful last night was, and with Emma's class doing their astronomy block, we couldn't resist getting out the telescope and taking a peek at the moon! 

It's especially fitting since she is researching Earth's moon for her report and artistic representation which is due in early April. 

I took the above picture of the moon with my iPhone through the telescope eyepiece. You don't realize how much you move until you attempt to take a picture of the moon with your phone through a telescope! Needless to say, I think we may need to buy the phone attachment that goes with our telescope now! I would love to be able to capture a picture of how clearly we can see the moon through the telescope. It truly is incredible to see the craters so clearly and I would love to be able to capture what we see and share it in this space of ours. xo 

On The Tenth Day of Christmas....

Each year before Christmas Dave's parents ask us to put together a list of things that the girls are wishing for. This year as we created the list we included a microscope and telescope- two items that Grace has remarked about over the last few years. It was decided that the telescope would be gifted to the girls this Christmas and that the microscope would make an appearance at ta later time. Little did we know how amazing the telescope they ended up deciding upon would be! After Dave and his dad had assembled it they took it out to the back deck to make sure that it was correctly focused. Dave returned inside amazed at being able to see the lines on the pine needles on the big tree in our yard! He couldn't get over how clearly he could see the detail on each needle. With how clear tonight is it was decided that we'd take our first peeks through it this evening after dinner. It was simply magical to be able to see the moon that clearly and that close. This is truly a gift that will be treasured for years and years to come! xo