Welcome

Hello and welcome to my new blog.

I wanted to start this to share with others my journey into my new hobby of astronomy. After facing some upheaval in my personal circumstances I decided I needed something that allows some me-time. I have always felt insignificant when I consider how big the universe is. I will always remember sailing with my Dad at night on the Essex rivers and looking up to see the sky covered in stars and wondered...

Now this is not going to be some expert guide to stargazing. I don't know my Orion's Belt from my Andromeda Galaxy. I think I'm ok identifying the moon and that's about as far as it goes. I have never known the constellations. Oh, and I've never attempted a blog before either so this really is a leap into the unknown. Hopefully people new to astronomy will identify with my blissful ignorance, and experts and other interested readers might at least find some amusement in my bumbling attempts at observing the heavens.