August star hops.

[cotterless45]

Plenty lovely targets , start off with the great square of Pagasus,

clear skies, Nick.

[Knighty2112]

Nice chart Nick. Still await the next clear night to hunt for NGC7662. Sadly, with LP where I live M33 is very illusive, but I plan soon to get to a dark site to try to observe it again.  

[cotterless45]

Kick off with Cygnus, use a rdf or Telrad to get you in the area. A 40mm will pick out your target. The coathanger (cr 399) is best with a pair of x8 binoculars. The eastern veil is possible from town with a UHC filter.

although I have GOTO, there's a great deal of pleasure to be had from hopping around in the dark,

clear skies !

Nick.

 

[Knighty2112]

1 hour ago, cotterless45 said:

Kick off with Cygnus, use a rdf or Telrad to get you in the area. A 40mm will pick out your target. The coathanger (cr 399) is best with a pair of x8 binoculars. The eastern veil is possible from town with a UHC filter.

although I have GOTO, there's a great deal of pleasure to be had from hopping around in the dark,

clear skies !

Nick.

 

Need to get a UHC filter. Have a light pollution filter, but don't really see any omprovement with it generally so rarely use it. I use my other coloured filters for the planets though as I find these do help tease out some details better.

[Knighty2112]

D'oh! Just realised I have an Explore Scientific UHC 1.25" filter already! Alzheimer's anyone? Hehe!  

[cotterless45]

yep, a UHC is very useful for planetary nebulae and bright nebulae. you'll be surprised at how M27 glows brightly at one end,

clear skies ! Nick.

[Knighty2112]

1 hour ago, cotterless45 said:

yep, a UHC is very useful for planetary nebulae and bright nebulae. you'll be surprised at how M27 glows brightly at one end,

clear skies ! Nick.

I'll test it out on it. Cheers Nick!  

[LukeSkywatcher]

Ive never been one for summer observing but already now at the end of July the nights are drawing in and its really quite nice and dark by about 10:15pm. I can clearly see the square from my location so i think i'll give the above star hop tour of the area a go.

Nice diagram Nick.