Saw Albireo double blue and yellow, very nice. Didn’t realize last night I should have been looking for double-double in epsilon Lyra. Revisited tonight, but could not resolve inner doubles with 3″ newtonian and 7.9mm eyepiece.
Also shopped nebula filters today; considering buying the Meade #908N Narrowband Nebular Filter.
Caught Arcturus low in the west, twinkling across a wide spectrum, beautiful.
Also viewed Vega and Lyra-epsilon (double). Spotted M57 dim but distinct. Saw M29, but there are so many stars in Cygnus it’s hard to know which are part of that cluster.
Also wanted to try M2 and M15, but the mosquitos were terrible. Need more candles.
Caught M27 near zenith last night. In my little 3″ newt it was a dark grey splotch with no detail.
Good seeing last night, although it seemed like there was more ambient light pollution than normal. Overcame starhopping problems with a little help from Sean and my $25 Academy 10×50’s. Saw Neptune, Uranus, alpha1-Capricorni and alpha2, and M31.
Also tried M8 and M20, but could not make out any nebula detail due to light pollution.
Night air was cool and dry, but still warm enough for mosquitos. Ugh.
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