Stunning clear night.

[cotterless45]

Absolutely stunning night , between weather fronts the air is stable and clear. Kicked off with a good Saturn then some views of binaries in Pegasus.

Then onto Cygnus and caught most of the Eastern Veil (NGC 6692 -6695 being brightest) at x30 with a Oiii filter.

Keeping this in , NGC 7008, the"Fetus" nebula glowed up. Over to Aquila and the full size and shape of the( NGC 6781)  "ghost of the moon" , looking exactly like that. There are some superb clusters here. Once again the "phantom streak " escaped me .

Up to the treasures of Perseus and Cassiopeia , with a lovely view of M76, the "little dumbell". Just so much in this area and so many open clusters. A run through the Messier's and a view of the globular M71. At x120 it began to resolve as dust with diamonds scattered over it. 

Away from the scope and just looking around , the sky was very dark from 50 degrees up, if looked lovely with no twinkling or the rush of jet-stream. Just get a bright star and focus towards yourself , if you want to catch upper air wobble !

Superb night , hope you got out there !

clear skies ! Nick.

 

[alan potts]

That is a fairly good performance 1.7"is a good split on any night with anything other than a large scope. Many a time these tighter ones don't split largely due to conditions.

Alan

[Stu]

Good to see you reporting again Nick  Which scope were you using?

I think Pi Aquilae at 1.4" is the smallest I've managed in the 4", Zeta Herc I continuously fail with! Must try higher mag!

[Davesellars]

Great report, Nick!  Some interesting objects as usual - 8 will have to look up the Fetus nebula.

It was certainly very clear... I managed a 4 hour session from 10 until 2am.  Although some haze was apparent and low cloud from 1am.   Need to write up the report though!

 

[chiltonstar]

It was a superb night, wasn't it! Nice report Nick.

I included a couple of the above, three of Sissy's difficult unequal doubles, and finished off with the glorious Pi Aquilae (beautifully split, a yard apart) and Iota Cass  to soak up the colours that a really clear night can give to some doubles. Then it clouded over in seconds....

Chris

[Peter Drew]

Clear here too for a change, did anyone else see the huge late Perseid meteor at 10.40pm?, brilliant white, rushing through Cygnus straight along the Milky Way. Left a bright train which lasted several seconds. 

[misfit]

14 minutes ago, Peter Drew said:

Clear here too for a change, did anyone else see the huge late Perseid meteor at 10.40pm?, brilliant white, rushing through Cygnus straight along the Milky Way. Left a bright train which lasted several seconds. 

Yep I saw that too, was Quite a sight 

[wookie1965]

Great report Nick some fine doubles there must try them in the Tal and after last night with the 8" got some great sights last night. As usual you have added more objects to my lists thanks.

[Knighty2112]

Nice report Nick. I had a rewarding (but initially frustrating) night last night too. Saw the Little Dumbbell nebula for the first time last night, along with the Saturn Nebula too, so was chuffed in the end when I reired to bed.  

[John]

Great report Nick

I was doing some doubles as well last night, amongst other stuff, but with my 12" dob for a change. Managed to split Lambda Cygni at 265x which I felt quite chuffed about.

 

[chiltonstar]

2 hours ago, John said:

Great report Nick

I was doing some doubles as well last night, amongst other stuff, but with my 12" dob for a change. Managed to split Lambda Cygni at 265x which I felt quite chuffed about.

 

What does it look like with 12"?

Chris