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James, I also was surprised at the sky quality on Sunday night. Up here in Bowral things did not look good early in the day but by 1900hrs it was a joy to be out under the stars. (dew problems aside)
Had my 106mm refractor out and as you say the views of Jupiter at around 9pm were awesome.
Most of the evening was spent in Hydra and Centaurus, with the deep sky highlight being NGC 3621 - considerable mottling visible on quite an extended object. Have seen this at other times in the 18" but it really showed well in the smaller refractor on Sunday night.
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