The sky was clear until around 11:30 tonight. I mounted the SV110ED on the Tak EM-10 and took a ride through the eastern sky. Objects observed included
1) Globular clusters: M92, M13, NGC 6229, M56.
2) Planetaries: M57, NGC 6210 (in Hercules; small and trapezoid shaped, faint around the edges and irregular), NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula, in Draco, shaped like a cat's eye, and some faint nebulosity around it).
3) Numerous double stars, but the most fun was Al Fawaris, aka Delta Cygni. The separation is 2.7" but at magnitudes 2.91 and 6.27. I pumped the magnification to 388x before I could clearly see the dimmer star, and then only when seeing did not wash it out. Cool. Also, 17 Herculis was great, as was Sarin and many others. Could drive a truck through the Double Double at 194x, but it was cleanly split at 77x.
The scope was on one tonight: textbook images, and seeing was not bad.
Astronomy and astrophotography by Val Ricks for the love of the sky and its Creator. For a better view, toggle F11 and turn off the lights.
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