Yes, I found it hard to get a steady view even as low as 130x (and there was no alcohol involved).
Still I had fun munching some galaxies. The Grus Quartet was probably my favourite of the evening....all four quite bright, three framed nicely in the 22 Panoptic, the fourth a little outside the FOV, but easily snared with a deft nudge of the scope. NGC 253, 247, 55, 1365 all made worthwhile targets as well, and we snared a galaxy cluster in the Tucana region, which was something new!
Joe brought his extended family. It was nice to give them a bit of a tour, and to have the merriment that they brought.
Also good chatting with Emmanuel (welcome), and Gary was welcome company, as was Deeno. And of course, the multiplicity of Geoffs, and Rick et al.
See you all at Lostock. (You had better be there, RB, or we will start getting a complex.....
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