№ 1 / OCT. 19, 2016 / HOME / 1800-1830 & 1930-2015 JST / CLEAR / 15X70 (FIRST LIGHT)

M13 / GC / HER / -

M19 / GC / HER / FIRST SIGHTING. SMALLER & DIMMER THAN M13. HOW DID I MISS THIS IN 10X?

M31 / SG / AND / DIFFUSION OF LIGHT FROM THE CORE TO THE EDGES PLAINLY VISIBLE

M34 / OC / PER / ABLE TO DETECT SEVERAL POINTS OF LIGHT!

N869 / OC / PER / LOOKS LIKE A SMALL PATCH OF THE MILKY WAY! IMPROVEMENT OVER 10X

N884 / OC / PER / SEE ABOVE

ST-2 / AS / - / CONSPICUOUS IF ONE KNOWS WHAT TO LOOK FOR. MANY STARS. FOV W/DC

I4665 / OC / OPH / SUMMER BEEHIVE. ABLE TO RESOLVE 11 STARS!

N6633 / OC / ? / BRIGHTHER. LIGHT VISIBLE TOWARD THE CENTER?

I4756 / OC / ? / GRAFF'S CLUSTER. I STILL DOUBT THERE IS ANYTHING THERE.

UI-1 / OC / ? / TO THE LEFT & BELOW SUMMER BEEHIVE.

UI-2 / OC / ? / ABOVE DC & STOCK-2, BELOW δ CAS. COULD THIS BE M103?

M45 / AS / TAU / AS PRETTY AS EVER, BUT I DON'T SEE NEBULOSITY IVO MEROPE

CR399 / AS / SGE / PRETTY

MOON / -- / --- / BLACKISH REGIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE SEA OF VAPORS AND CLOUDS, WHICH I'D NEVER NOTICED BEFORE.  EJECTA RAYS FROM ARISTARCHUS AND COPERNICUS CRATERS.

                  AT THE TERMINATOR THERE WAS A SMALL CRATER SUPERIMPOSED ON A LARGER ONE! VERY NEAT.

MARS / PL / --- / VERY ORANGE

FIRST NIGHT WITH THE 15X70. CHROMATIC ABERRATION VISIBLE WHEN VIEWING THE MOON: GREEN ON THE TOP OF THE FOV AND LAVENDER-PINK ON THE BOTTOM, BUT IT WAS SMALL, AND DIDN'T DETRACT FROM THE VIEWING.

BETEGLGEUSE AND RIGEL WERE ABOVE THE HORIZON BEFORE I WENT TO BED; BOTH WERE BOTH TWINKLING RAPIDLY.