[Rod-AR127 (Rod)]

Break in the clouds didn't last long. I got to NGC6231 (Caldwell 76) which was visible as a fuzzy blotch using 2" GSO 30mm and again with 2x barlow. (Or was l looking at the eclipsing binary system just next to it I'm too green to know?)After checking with Stellarium and seeing the magnitudes l was not looking at NGC6231 as it would not be a fuzzy blotch, I'm going with alien mother ship.
Then again with 1.25" GSO 20 and 15mm with a 2.5x barlow.
The 15mm with barlow was 200x magnification and l could just get focus in an average sky condition.
I'm enjoying it, that's all that matters.
I will get the Southern Pinwheel galaxy. Fingers crossed for the next two nights, it won't be cloud free but l will be home alone with no work to get up to.