In the end I was able to spend a good deal of time observing. That cloud seem to rise out of the ground got to a fair height and took off to the north east leaving me with rather spectacular skies until mist rolled in around the same time the moon appeared.

Using both 30mm SV and 14mm XW I got pretty good views, with each in the same FOV in both ep's. Venus being so bright did wash M19 out a lil. Still it's always nice to see multiple objects in the same FOV. thanks for the heads up

regards,CS