M27 in murky skies

Conditions:
Clear and dark with poor transparency, especially in the south east. Light cirrus clouds moving in and dissolving.

Targets Observed:
M27, gamma Del, M31, tried for M2, M73, M74, NGC7009 (Saturn Nebula)and zeta Aqu

Notes
Very dark night and the limiting mag above me was about 6 if not fainter. Sketched the Dumbbell Nebula (NGC6853 M27). As I was sketching, a tumbling satellite plunged across the nebula. It moved very fast and had a very rapid period, with bright peaks.

This was the first planetary nebulae ever discovered, and it's huge...about half the size of the moon. I couldn't make out that much of it, but it's still pretty big. Lots of 9th magnitude stars around the nebula.

I had set out to look for the trio of DSOs in Aquarius, M72, M73 and the Saturn Nebula, but I couldn't find any of them. Couldn't split zeta Aqu either, although gamma Del was pretty. The seperation between thos stars is 10" as opposed to zeta Aqu's 2.1".

Had my first gander at M31 tonight too. It filled the eyepiece with it's glory. No structure but lots of show.