I have just come in from 5 hours sitting in the observatory using the 8" SCT for the first time in a little while
The moon was quite crisp even though there was high thin cloud
Using a 9mm eyepiece I was able to see the GRS in moments of fair seeing
North eq band was quite well defined but little or none was seen of the Seb.
I even found NGC 253 in bright moonlight
not much to see but it was there a faint gray elongated smudge
I was hoping to stay up to see the Supernova in Leo but clouds eventually beat me
but it was still a pleasant knight under the cloudy sky
PS
Other objects seen, where 47 Tuc,the Orion Nebula and not much else
But it got me out of the house
The clouds eventually closed in at around 00:30 and never went away