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I was out last night - poor transparency and ordinary seeing. Normally I could see the LMC and SMC with naked eye quite plainly, but last night they were virtually out of sight, infact they were easier to see with the last quarter moon above the horizon last time I was out.
Still, got a few good views of Jupiter at 217x, there were a few instances of crisp detail in the belts and I made out a couple of white ovals in the South Temperate Zone. Better viewing than I expected given the conditions.
Transparency was far too poor for galaxies so I concentrated on PNs and globular clusters instead. But by midnight, PNe and GC season was well and truly over with galaxies the real only option so I had to call it quits also you could see high cloud everywhere.
Temp wasn't particularly cold and there was absolutely no dew so thats 2 points for last night.
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