Lousy Weather

I suppose I should not be surprised by lousy weather in Germany in March, but this month has been pretty dismal. I had one short session on about the 4th of March before things clouded over. It is partly cloudy today and looks dicey for any stargazing tonight. Picked up a few things, including a Telrad finder, which I am really anxious to try out. A Telrad is a 1 x finder for a telescope that works like a gun sight. You mount it on your scope and it provides an illuminated reticle that you can aim at celestial objects. I was having trouble locating stuff with my finder scope, since even the finder scope is sort of like looking through a soda straw at the sky. the telrad will allow me to see the entire sky as I line up the scope. They also sell star charts for telrads at a website called www.sky-spot.com. I also bought an observers chair, a pretty handy seat, for stargazing. Got a good price at www.buyastrostuff.com. I really need the weather to clear so I can stop buying gadgets and start using them. Maybe tonight...