Targets in Aquarius and M31, M32 and M110
Conditions:
Seeing 5/10, transparency 2/5 some cloud, new moon
Targets Observed:
Uranus, Phi Aqr, 94 Aqr, zeta Aqr, M31, M32, M110
Notes
Began with a sweep around Aquarius. Started with Uranus which lies below the waterjarat the base of a wide triangle of stars. Unremarkable tonight, and in fact I had to comfirm it on the star charts.
Phi Aqr is a very wide triple, easily seen in bnoculars, and below it lies 94 Aqr which could not be split at low power but at 91x it resolved into two stars, one brighter whitish one and a smaller red or pink one.
Zeta Aqr was not split satisfactorily. Even with the Barlow I can just barely see the serperation.
Turned to M31 complex and sketched all three galavies. Before I could really concentrate on trying to see some detail, cloud moved in and suspende the play's day.

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