Doug, you inspired me!
Tonight (5th Sep), from my bright backyard in suburban Melbourne, I saw the Albireo binary, Brocchi’s Cluster, and, my first Planetary Nebula ever, M57 the Ring Nebula.
Very thrilled with M57 since I've had plans for some months to make a start on PNs, but everything has conspired against me! I put in the NPB filter and the Nebula stood out clearly up to 120x. I could see the hole in the centre quite well without having to avert my vision. I was very pleased.
Again I tried to split Epsilon Lyrae (The Double Double), but too low (looking through a tree and clipping the back fence this time!!) and seeing too poor to split the pairs. I can be patient - their time will come.
Eric
