Favourite summer DSO?

[John]

I guess observers above the arctic circle don't have favourite summer DSO's

 

[Piero]

There are so many lovely targets in the summer that is difficult to select just one! 

I love to sail from Cepheus/Cygnus down to Scutum / Sagittarius / Scorpio and stopping for a while on every beautiful island I encounter! 

[Special K]

Arriving late but I love M8 Lagoon and always notice something new when I get a rare chance to view it.  Plenty of nebulosity, embedded star clusters and even a globular cluster in the FOV make a complete package!

[Cjg]

On 16/08/2017 at 12:17, eli71 said:

Interesting, so in visual more than anything else Nebulae are the favorite objects, rather than star clusters and galaxies. I can also see most of the answers, if not all, were from owners of big telescopes, dobson and so, and using filters. Nobody with a medium small telescope has a favorite DSO?   I know is not  easy, but nobody? 

I'll be different; with my 3 inch 'frac, whilst I love the objects from M8 upwards, I always, every session will take a look at NGC 1502; it's a small open cluster at the base of an asterism of stars 'falling' into it. A good test of my eyes and conditions to find.  There are more interesting objects, but I love the view in the eyepiece.

Chris

[25585]

M22, M84 globulars in Saggitarius.