Last night 14/15 June 2023, I saw 82 Messier objects.
· * Packed our VW Golf wagon with a 10” Dob and an 11mm EP (82 deg field)
· *Took 15x70mm Binoculars
· *Used a laptop on min brightness with SkyMapPro
· *Red torch and glasses
· *Drove for 45 mins to Boxsell Rd. Tyalgum, NSW (lat -28.3)
· *Observed from 6pm to 9pm.
· *Drove home and slept
· *Observed again from 3am to 4am
· *Looked at M31 with binoculars, the rest with the 10” Dob, not goto.
The attached Messier list is sorted by RA.
It contains 107 objects, 40 Gxy, 29 GC, 27 OC, 7 Neb and 4 PN.
The first column is the date seen, 10 objects north of declination +50 are marked N+50.
15 objects south of dec +50 were not seen.
This photo is of Boxsell Rd, it is on a ridge.
https://goo.gl/maps/gotgHJJ38CtEC6XCA
There is some light pollution to the north, M51 was difficult.
