uglage, fugly - both good terms to convey the rage
well the wind was picking up so I didn't really have a choice. The scope handled moderate gusts well but not long after I packed up it was a howling gale.
It was not an ideal night for observing at all. Shocking seeing and poor transparency, wind etc. We are overdue for one of those truly peaceful, clear calm nights with good transparency.
I also tried Jupiter last night. At 166x, I couldn't achieve focus at all. It was just a blurred fuzzball, couldn't even see the two major bands. I think we have a new record for poor seeing. Sure as hell never seen anything like it in my life. Infact, you could actually see 47Tuc fluttering slightly if you looked closely. Never seen a DSO flutter in the seeing before.
I looked at the Tarantula last night aswell and frankly it was nothing compared to the view I got in full moonlight last week.