I realsed tonight that I've been ignoring the Southern sky and can't navigate it very well. I think this is beacause my house faces the neighbours houses and there are street lights there.

Due to the light pollution, I've always concentrated on the Northern skies.

Tonight I just tried checking out the south west.

For the first time tonight, I learnt how to spot Hercules and the Corona Borealis constellations with the naked eye.

I also managed to spot M13, The Great Globular Cluster with my 10x50 monocular.

I can just make out the cluster by identifying HIP 81848 and HIP 81673 and then looking between them slightly to the right. If you don't follow, you can see what I mean from the attached image.

Another notch from the Messier catalogue.

Pretty chuffed I've learnt a few new things tonight, even thought I didn't get the scope out.