The sky from Bandipur was amazing! It was as buckets of diamonds of different sizes were splashed on a black velvet carpet! Only, I did not go crazy because I already am!! :) Just kidding!

I could see the foreground of our MilkyWay for the first time! The Orion arm was exhilarating. I knocked off most of the objects planned for the night leaving a couple that were too high in the sky to manage my scope comfortably.

One thing I had overlooked was Saturn. As I saw it rise from the east, I pointed my scope at it expecting nothing...

At 36x, it was still a blob of yellowish light. Then I switched over to 91x and could see the ring system of Saturn! Its rings are aligned with the earth's orbital plane which means that you get to see the whole ting system almost edge-on. If not for 3D view, Saturn would simply look like a round yellow light with two ticks on either side. Then, I added my 2x Barlow to increase the mag to 182x. Now the ring system was more prominent and I could see it curve slightly towards the far end.

More on other objects to come later!! (Recorded observations on my phone; I still need to gather them all...)