Random binocular Milky Way panning finds M39
I put my ST80 out without any real plans of what to see, as I'm in the middle of sorting out a good battery for my NEQ6 / Celestron mounts (current battery is dead).
I viewed a few things that I'd seen before, pleiades is always a favourite of mine, tried to see NGC6826, The Blinking Planetary, but no luck.
Scouting along the Milky Way I spotted what looked like an open cluster that I hadn't seen before, I easily located it using the finder scope by keeping both eyes open and focusing my attention on the naked eye rather than finder scope view, while paying attention to the finder scope cross-hairs (quite a task in concentration for me!). I checked on Star Walk on my iPad to see if it was actually anything, and there it was - M39.
Another target for my 8SE, when I finally get my battery woes sorted. Currently looking at a 20Ah AGM battery, hopefully one that will be a direct replacement for the cheap one in my Maplins 5-in-1 power tank.
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