Nice report Patrick! I agree, maybe there's just too much humidity that's giving us these murky skies. Even when there's an ostensibly clear night here (rare lately), the stars seem to lack brilliancy. Doesn't seem to last either, you can go out an hour later and only the brightest stars might be dimly visible, or none at all. I had the scope out the other night - seemed OK on most of the 'biggies' (NGC 253 looked fairly good, as did some brighter globular clusters) but couldn't see a sign of the fainter stuff.
Cheers -
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