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.
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