№ 4b / OCT. 23, 2016 / HOME / 2100-2145 JST / CLEAR SKIES / SEEING & TRANSPARENCY GOOD / 15X70 & 10X50

K1 / AS / CAM / KEMBLE'S CASCADE. STILL THERE, AND STILL BETTER IN 15X. THE BRIGHT STAR ABOUT THE MIDWAY POINT IS HIP 18505 (B9IV).

N1502 / OC / CAM / THE POINT OF LIGHT WITH THE SURROUNDING FUZZ THAT IS AT THE BASE OF K1

M36 / OC / AUR / NO CENTRAL BRIGHTNESS; THE VIEW IN 15X WASN'T NOTICABLY BETTER THAN 10X

M37 / OC / AUR / NO CENTRAL BRIGHTNESS; THE VIEW IN 15X WASN'T NOTICABLY BETTER THAN 10X

M38 / OC / AUR / NO CENTRAL BRIGHTNESS; THE VIEW IN 15X WASN'T NOTICABLY BETTER THAN 10X;

THE STARS TO THE RIGHT RESEMBLE A SMILING FACE; THEY'RE MORE APPEALING.

N1528 / OC / PER / -

MEL20 / OC / PER / -

N869 / OC / PER / -

N884 / OC / PER / -

ST-2 / AS / PER / -

N663 / OC / CAS / -

M33 / SG / TRI / ACCORDING TO STELLARIUM, ITS SURFACE BRIGHTNESS IS 14. AS I SAID BEFORE, IF I HAVE SEEN IT, IT'S INDISTINCT, AND OFFERS LITTLE CONTRAST WITH THE

                 SURROUNDING SKY. I SAW THAT SAME DIM GRAY PATCH TONIGHT IN THE 15X; IT CAN JUST FIT INTO THE SAME FOV WITH α TRI AND HIP 7906. NOT VISIBLE IN 10X

M71 / GC / SGE / AS WAS THE CASE WITH MY PUTATIVE M33, I HAD TO KNOW WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR TO FIND THIS OBJECT: A DIM, GRAY PATCH THAT BARELY STANDS OUT FROM THE

                 BACKGROUND, JUST ABOVE AND TO THE LEFT OF HIP 97818 AND 9 SGE.

M42 / DN / ORI / LOW IN THE EAST AND WELL INSIDE THE LP; I COULD DETECT SOME NEBULOSITY

M45 / OC / TAU / -

CONSTELLATIONS:

AND / AQL / AUR / CYG / DEL / LYR / ORI / PEG / PER

ORION WAS RISING IN THE EAST AS I HEADED BACK INSIDE; BETELGEUSE AND RIGEL WERE TWKINKLING NOTICEABLY.