Venus

Bright, observed its crescent phase while it was near the waxing moon shared the view with some other people as well.

Just as I was about to go back inside with the telescope, Venus appeared through a gap in the clouds. Quickly swung the telescope over to have a peek. Looked like it was illuminated a bit over 50% on the left side (newtonian view). When I got back inside, I looked it up in an astronomy app and it was 60,5% illuminated. Not the most interesting planet to observe, but still nice to have a peek every now and then.

This was actually my first time viewing Venus, I haven't been able to make it out with my scope early enough to see it. Nothing particularly special about it, though I will say I was surprised at how big it looked in my eyepiece. I'd only seen Jupiter and Saturn before this and they look much smaller. Which makes sense, as Venus is much closer. So I don't really know what I was expecting, but I was surprised nonetheless.

After almost 2 weeks of non-stop clouds,rain,storms,etc. I finally got a break, according to the weather report. Had a slight change of just a bit of cloud cover,nothing I've never been bothered with. Went outside and there were a few small clouds here and there, grabbed my gear and headed back out. By the time I got all of it set up it turned overcast. The only thing I got to see was Venus,it kept popping in and out of the clouds. Venus itself is not much to see since it has no eye popping features. 10 minutes of setup>2 minutes of looking>5 minutes of repacking>20 minutes mild anger.

Pretty standard stargaze :) gotta spare some time to take a look at the planets before they set!