At last!

[argonaut]

It was a good night tonight. Nice and clear and a very cool breeze.

I thought I would go for my nemesis M101. Well,I can tick the box at last

Not much to see apart form a misty patch with my GT100's,a little larger than I thought. While I was around the area I had a look at M51 and it's companion. I could see two distinct cores tonight.

Carol in a earlier post mentioned M97,so I thought I would give it a go. It was not easy at all,but I observed a perfectly round fuzzy blob. I had to check with Stellarium to make sure I was seeing it. Thanks for that Carol,it was very nice to tick another box. I'm not sure about M108 though,not that I was looking for it. It would have been in the same field.

M57 next,quite easy tonight even without averted vision. A good smoke ring was observed.

I then got the 10x50's out to look at Zeta Lyra. It was quite a nice split. Then just sweeping the starfileds. I've now come in to warm up.

Clear Skies.

Glen.

[Talitha]

Congrats on bagging 101!!

And "a perfectly round fuzzy blob" is a perfect description for M97. Well done, Glen!

[argonaut]

Thanks Carol!

It was a very good night. The weather forecast this week is for sunny warm days and cold nights

Lyra was superb last night. Didn't see any Lyrids yet.

Clear Skies.

Glen.