From 2nd June 24

[M40]

A clear but bright night so mansged a couple before the clouds rolled in. All taken with stellamira 125mm, heq5, asiair, zwo asi290mm, all 30 x 10 seconds and simple screen grabs.

This is NGC3628, hamburger galaxy, about 35 million light years away 

Two galaxies in this, M60 at the top and about 57 million light years away and ngc4647 below it at about 63 million light years away 

This one is M59 at about 60 million light years away 

This one is ngc4526 at about 55 million light years away 

And one of my favourites,  M101 at about 21 million light years away 

 

[PeterC65]

It's interesting that you can still observe these objects given the lighter nights. They do seem a little more fuzzy that usual which I guess is down to the sky brightness.

I've considered getting the EAA kit out but a 10:30pm start just seems too late for me (past my bed time!).

 

[M40]

It was indeed a 10.30pm start and interestingly I took an M58 early May and it was much better than last night. It got nicely dark at about 11.30pm, about 10 minutes before the clouds rolled in 🤣