19 September 2019, 21:15 – 22:00 BST
Conditions: good seeing, but a slight haze affecting transparency. Cloud cover increasing, curtailing session after 45 minutes.
With no time to waste changing eyepieces, all observations were carried out with the 13 mm Ethos.
After quick looks at the Double Cluster and the Saturn Nebula, I turned my attention to:
Veil Nebula, supernova remnant, Cygnus
Viewed unfiltered for a change. Both sides of the loop were visible, albeit very faintly. 52 Cygni was split nicely in the Ethos; the secondary showing up as a faint companion just six arcseconds from the primary.
M73, asterism, Aquarius
Four stars of similar brightness arranged in a tight “arrowhead” shape. Latest science suggests that this is just a chance alignment and the stars are not physically related.
Nature note
1 large frog in the pond, accompanied by 20+ froglets.
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