Saturn/Moon conjunction, December 2001

This was taken with my first scope-a dime store variety Meade ETX-60. Lots of delicious GoTo choices, and absolutely no chance of seeing any of them with such a tiny piece of glass. Now I know...avoid dime store telescopes!

The picture was taken with a Sony Mavica digital camera, held up to the eyepiece. It was a minor miracle of timing to get Saturn, still partly occluded by the Moon's dark limn.