Conditions:
Clear, seeing good, transparency bad, nearly full moon
Targets Observed:
Alberio, Omicron1 Cyg, theta Cyg, nu Dra, M29, Moon
Notes
Nearly full moon. Had a go at the comet again, but it was too bright, so concentrated on some easy doubles. The seeing was really steady tonight although the moon wavered quite a bit.
Alberio was magnificent as was the breathtaking triple omicron Cyg, also a yellow and blue combination. Theta Cyg is a tight binary pair of the same magnitude, as is nu Dra, all in the spirit of the epsilon Lyr cat's eyes.
M29 is hard to make out against the Milky Way, and actually easier in the scope than the bins tonight. It lies just south of gamma Cyg, in the middle of the swan.
Gazing at the fullish moon, saw Crater Aristarchus in all it's glory. It is the brightest feature on the moon, a silver spot on the north west edge next to a darker crater, Crater Herodotus.

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