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Observation Report 28th-29th Aug.
Seeing: 6
Transparency: 6
Wind: 5-10 knots
Equipment: 15X70 binos/152mm refractor/12.5" newt
Objects viewed.
Lagoon nebula: (12.5" only) Great viewing. @ 66X. After installing the neb filter simply stunning.
Trifid nebula: (12.5" only) Really nice.@ 66X .Dark lanes very prominent with this aperture.
Omega/swan nebula: Best I've ever seen it @ 66X with the filter on. Puts the viewing in the refractor to shame.
Omega Centauri: Oh dear! Simply stunning (no filter) @ 66-318X
Andromeda Galaxy: First look at it this year, worth staying up until 3am to see it. What a splendid object to look at in the binos! With the refractor it was nothing to write home about. Although I did some high power obs. of it's core.
Pleiades: Great viewing in the binos.
Orion nebula: Spectacular in the binos. Nice & bright with nebula clouds well resolved. A nice blue colour.
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