Got two hour's in this morning

[Mick.G.]

& spent over an hour dodging cloud.

Scope used 130mm Newt (short tube) Mead 26&9.7 4000 EP 2x barlows.

2am-4am BST.

Between cloud's the seeing was a good 8/10 but gusty wind.

I had 3 target's in mind, Jupiter of course M3 in Hercules & M97 in Ursa Maj'.

Jupiter stood out well,with three of the moon's visible, 1 to the left, two to the right.

Kept on returning to Jupiter in the hope the 4th moon would pop out-but clouds stopped play!

M3-Must have spent most of my time on this one,various mag's between 50x to 150x.(You can't have to much of a good cluster)

Was deciding to call it a night,but I got to my back door & decided to have a look again.I just pointed & hoped.I could see the 3 faint stars that make out the owl Neb M97 but couldn't see any Neb'-I must have caught the scope some how,because I could see a faint smudge start to appear.Checked with both eye's,wasn't seeing thing's-I'd clocked the owl for the first time.(Nearly did a lap of honour round the garden, but thought better not )

There's my little report for now.Time for bed.

Mick

[The Warthog]

Once I did a victory lap around my back yard and barked my shin on the picnic table. There's nowhere safe. :shock:

Glad you spotted the Owl. Sounds like you had better viewing than I did, in spite of the clouds.

[Naz]

Well done Mark, the Owl is one target that I hope to get in the next clear night.

As WH says, victory laps in the dark could seriously damage further obsering sessions

naz

[tom.yates]

Good report Mick

[Mick.G.]

Mark?....Who's he :scratch:

Mick

[Naz]

Mark?....Who's he :scratch:

Mick

:oops: finger problems here, shouldn't try posting when I am just out of bed and have not had the required ten cups of coffee!

naz :oops: :oops:

[Mick.G.]

:)

Forgiven Baz

Cheers Mick

[OXO]

Nice one Mick

[lunator]

Mick

Congrats on seeing the Owl Neb.

Glad you got out for a couple of hours.

Cheers

Ian

[FLO]

Thanks for the report Mick

I Haven't seen the Owl neb yet

[GazOC]

Thanks for the report Mick

I Haven't seen the Owl neb yet

Me either, I'll give it a go next time out (August by the look of it!)

Nice report Mick.

[daz]

At least someones getting out!

Mick - don't forget to log your report in the Monthly Comparative!

[MartinB]

Watch the roses Mick