№ 5 / Oct. 26, 2016 / Home / 1830-1900 JST / Cloudy skies / 15x70, 10x50

A disappointing outing. The end of a warm and sunny day coincided with the arrival of the next front; the sky was mostly overcast, but there were plenty of cumulous clouds on hand to fill any gaps in the coverage. An additional downer was that I saw nothing new.

DEEP SKY OBJECTS:

M22 (GC/Sgr)     I'd have passed by it had I not recognized the surrounding stars: there is a trapezoid above and a triangle below. It was much dimmer.

M8 (EN/Sgr)      M8 was kind enough to briefly appear out of the haze, and I gave my longest look to it. Left to right: a star, a hazy patch, a nebulous bright spot,

                 and two more stars. I'm aware there are several NGC objects within the Nebula.

M20 (DN/Sgr)      The trapezoidal points of light were just visible in the 15x. There was no contrast between the nebulosity and the surrounding clouds/scum in the sky.

M11 (GC/Scu)      The best sight of the session.

M92 (GC/Her)      Dim

M13 (GC/Her)      2^nd best sight of the night.

Mel 20 (OC/Per)   Disappointing.

Stock 2 (AS/Cas)  Disappointing.

NGC 869 (OC/Per)  Disappointing.

NGC 884 (OC/Per)  Disappointing.

CONSTELLATIONS: Aql / Cyg / Lyr

PLANETS: Mars was very orange.