Cygnus : going west.

[cotterless45]

Couple of hours last night. Sky was incredibly black before midnight. Must have been dry clear air from the north. Unusual here to be warm on the ground with a light northerly.

Had a passing shot at Cygnus as it's drifting westwards now,

NGC 6866 was very fine at x48 with a dense star cloud in the middle of this open cluster, well worth finding.

Similarly with NGC 6871.

NGC 6910 showed it's delightful rocking horse shape.

NGC 7039 is a lovely line and arc packed with stars, really very fine . With similar clouds of stars in

NGC 7086 .

NGC 6888 showed about 20 bright stars held in the light emission wool with a UHC. NGC 6992 ( Veil) showed a bright elongated streak.

Keeping the UHC in the diagonal , just a few planetary nebulae, NGC 7027 a large blue in a dark field, standing out well.

Then down to Aquarius NGC 7009, bright but much smaller and NGC 6891.

Glided over to Vulpecula and caught the lovely cluster NGC 6800 , before clag dragged in.

Then to Equulus now quite high and the galaxy NGC 7015, faint but a double star to the Lhs.

Then onto Cepheus and the bright spiral galaxy NGC 6946, worth finding , but clag again just gave the low surface brightness. Have a shot.

Very pleased to get some time in as the forecast is for both ducks and swans,

Nick.

[SnakeyJ]

Great report Nick and plenty of new targets for me to find. Can't believe how much you can fit into a quick couple of hours - must get that dob soon!

[jetstream]

Couple of hours last night. Sky was incredibly black before midnight. Must have been dry clear air from the north. Unusual here to be warm on the ground with a light northerly.

Had a passing shot at Cygnus as it's drifting westwards now,

NGC 6866 was very fine at x48 with a dense star cloud in the middle of this open cluster, well worth finding.

Similarly with NGC 6871.

NGC 6910 showed it's delightful rocking horse shape.

NGC 7039 is a lovely line and arc packed with stars, really very fine . With similar clouds of stars in

NGC 7086 .

NGC 6888 showed about 20 bright stars held in the light emission wool with a UHC. NGC 6992 ( Veil) showed a bright elongated streak.

Keeping the UHC in the diagonal , just a few planetary nebulae, NGC 7027 a large blue in a dark field, standing out well.

Then down to Aquarius NGC 7009, bright but much smaller and NGC 6891.

Glided over to Vulpecula and caught the lovely cluster NGC 6800 , before clag dragged in.

Then to Equulus now quite high and the galaxy NGC 7015, faint but a double star to the Lhs.

Then onto Cepheus and the bright spiral galaxy NGC 6946, worth finding , but clag again just gave the low surface brightness. Have a shot.

Very pleased to get some time in as the forecast is for both ducks and swans,

Nick.

Nick! I can't keep up! ,but its comin along... please keep posting!