Small wonders, coping with a bad sky !

[cotterless45]

Some darkness, but moisture in the air and movement didn't produce wonderful views.

A good tester is iota Triangulum, giving a yellow / red pair split by 3.8" (SAO 055347). This however was a tease to define , but colour showed well. I had a shot at open clusters with dense star clouds, NGC 659 in Cassiopeia,NGC 6939 in Cepheus and NGC 6756 ( appears like a globular cluster) in Aquila. "Grafts cluster" ,IC 4756 was beached apart from a bright array.

Then changed track and put in an Oiii filter in a 23mm to spot planetary nebulae. M17 was low in the south , but appeared as did the "ghost of the Moon", NGC 6781.Followed by the "bow tie" (NGC 40), "cat's eye" (NGC 6543), "blue snowball " (NGC 7662), the "blue flash"(NGC 6905).

No great guns here, but they stood out defined from the darkened background. Waiting for some decent clear skies !

Nick.

[Stu]

Something's better than nothing Nick, still some nice results.

Which scope/s are you using mainly these days?

[Knighty2112]

Yeah, quite poor last night for me too Nick, and ended up viewing planataries with my UHC filter, which brought them out very well. It made the Dumbbell look almost like a 3D image against the dark sky! 

[cotterless45]

Tally ho Stu ! Still managing to get the "yard cannon" hoisted up on the mount. Awaiting darker skies and two weeks in Cornwall for the 10",

Nick.

[Patbloke]

Never mind Nick a good day on solar will sort you out bloke................. Oh! er hum where's the sun?

[wookie1965]

I have never seen the bow tie have to have a look for that. 

[cloudsweeper]

A good harvest, Nick.  Old favourites are always a pleasure, and lend themselves to a decent write-up.  

But sadly, my foray last night didn't merit a report!

Doug.

[Littleguy80]

I love your reports, Nick. Entertaining reads and always something to add to my observing list  

[Special K]

Seemed to be a lot of moisture up there last night but you managed some good ones. Cornwall sounds like a good plan!  Keep holding out for those Clear Skies