Spring Galaxy Quest

[Whistlin Bob]

Wow- this had been my best session in many months. Forecast suggested it wouldn't be great, so a really nice surprise.

From my log:

Leo triplet. All three. Very nice.
M51- very good views in 30mm and 7mm. Really nice. Bridge and disks clear in 7mm
M101- very faint. AV only
The beehive- rich stars. Too much mag even in 30mm
M105 and two satellites nicely seen
M96 and M95 at same time. Fab view.
M91 AV only. Barely seen.
M88 much clearer. Easily seen
Markarians chain. Just a phenomenal view. 
M87 / Virgo a. And satellites. Phenomenal.
M89 nice and clear
M90 bit trickier but I got it
Porrima- nice split. Like two cats eyes. Nice and even
M104 sombrero first time from home
M53- nice view. Hint of resolution in core
Ngc5053 Really faint. AV only and needed sky Safari to know where to look.
M64 black eye. Clearly seen. No detail.
NGC 4725 nice clear view
NGC 4565 needle shape really clear
NGC 4494 nice little splodge
Cor Caroli- white and yellow, clean split. Fantastic view
Arcturus- gold in the eyepiece
Izar- very nice clean split

... And then it clouded over. Never mind- that session will keep me going for a while.

[Jiggy 67]

3 minutes ago, Whistlin Bob said:

... And then it clouded over.

What?...did you not get enough 😀....Amazing haul there of some lovely objects. I’ve been out and the seeing was ok tonight. My plan was galaxies but doubles took over...and M5 and M3 looked spectacular, particularly M3 with numerous stars resolved, best I’ve seen it

[Whistlin Bob]

3 minutes ago, Jiggy 67 said:

What?...did you not get enough

I clearly got greedy!!! Subs like you had a good time with M3. I was just heading there when it clouded over, but I need to save something for next time 🤣

[John]

Sounds like you had a very good session

Nice dark night out there here as well

 

[Mark at Beaufort]

That is a great collection of DSOs plus a few doubles. Its nights like this that keeps us going. 

[Kon]

What a list! Well done.

[Froeng]

Glad to see you guys are enjoying yourself! Sounds like an incredible session. Nothing beats Markarian’s chain imho.

We have been clouded out for the last few days - tonight might be clear - fingers crossed...

[wookie1965]

Great haul there plenty to get your teeth into. 

[Mr Spock]

Sounds like a great night. Trust cloud to end it!

[PrairieStarGazer]

Impressive session!