Location: at home in Tomball, TX
Cloud cover: none
Transparency: above average (4/5)
Seeing: excellent (5/5)
Darkness: bright quarter moon
Wind: none
Humidity: 40% early up to 60% later
Temperature: mid-40’s F down to upper 30’s
Start Time: 9:00 pm CST
End Time: 1:00 am CST
OTA: 8″ SC

Started with M52 in Cassiopeia. Two curved lines of stars like hyperbolas, triangle left with brightest star in cluster, dim cluster above. Celestron X-Cel 12.5mm showed sharper image and dimmer stars than either of the Seibert Performance 15mm or 10mm ep’s. M52 not searchable by that name in Starry Night Pro or Celestia. Found alternate NGC 7654 in SNP.

Zeta Piscium was easy split in 32mm. In the 12.5mm one white the other almost blue.

Phi Piscium was easy split in 20mm. Could not visually distinguish which star was brightest (5.3 vs. 5.5)

Phi Cassiopeiae was a wide split in 20mm. Primary slightly yellow.