Voyager 3

Armand , Great list of doubles you've split there !

After reading a post of you flaunting (😉) the noctilucent cloud , I've decided to search it . My roadmap was using July 11 as the date as you've mentioned it yesterday . I very much like to compare what I was doing a year before on the same day !! A good nova probably won't substitute the comet but it is still putting off a good show .

Not sure of Betelgeuse but I do know it will be clear in time for protostars in M42 🥳 .

It's south west monsoon here ....

I'm fearing about the distortions ... Hopefully they will balance them 🤞.

My favourite from that kit is the headlight 😉 .

Handle with care !

Then the 130 astromaster will be the no. 1 without doubt .

Please don't discourage him , he will be adding the Pentax 5mm XO to fill that space . 😉

It very much looks like the Baader case but I maybe wrong! A very fine eyepiece kit @Surfer Chris 🙂 .

A very good idea to keep oneself going !

Did you get the 9mm or any other focal lengths ? Nice report .

Catching the moons of Mercury/Venus is the toughest thing 😂 .

Or sleep after a heavy dinner ?

Your most unwanted update - " Available on date Friday, July 9, 2021 "

John that's a pretty good jump in brightness from 7.1 to 6.75 !

I don't have high hopes this year .

I Like your mirror selfie . 🤣

Jon as you've mentioned NGC 6210 , I would like to suggest you 3 more small bright planetary nebulae in the upcoming summer skies - NGC 6572 in Ophiuchus , NGC 6818 in Sagittarius and NGC 7009 in Aquarius . You may have observed all of them but still . Actually they 4 are in my SkySafari observing list , but the weather here is exactly opposite to what someone would like ... I forgot what criteria I've filtered them . But I'm pretty they all have very high surface brightness , especially NGC 6572 . SkySafari says it has 100 times the surface brightness of M57 ! If someone can find them and give a report I will be very much pleased !

You should be keeping the second pic as your DP stu ! 😃

Did you note any filaments or faint nebulosity between M16 and M17 Kon ? Some have reported that they are both parts of a same large nebula connected by faint filamentary nebulae . @Don Pensackreported sighting this with his 12.5" .

In fact after discovering Uranus , Herschel found them resembling Uranus and called them "Planetary nebula " . Cracking report John !

The good thing is , at least the moon doesn't turn pink or draw blood !! 😂

Redbetter in CN with his 20" obsession got an elongation ! Forgot to add the link https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/771062-unexpected-zeta-bootis/