Well, I screwed up. I got so busy looking at other stuff, that I forgot to check back on M108. ???
However, I did nail 12 Herscel 400's, a personal best for one night. All galaxies, NGC's 3412, 3414, 3486, 3489, 3504, 3593, 3607/3608, 3626, 3655, 3686 and 3621. 3621 was in Hydra, all the rest were in Leo and Leo Minor. The best ones were 3607/3608, a Herschel 400 "2 for 1" in a pretty starfield. Also good were 3655 and 3414. Oh yeah, I also HAD to check out M65/M66 when I was going after NGC 3593. Just beautiful. :-*
Moonrise was at 12:41 a.m. I also got another position on asteroid 4 Vesta, naked eye, binocular and telescopic observations of Mars (killer ice cap and some vauge surface markings), a Lunar II target, crater Linne' and for the grand finale…
Saturn, of course, right at the zenith. Atmosphere banding, 3 moons, clear gaps between the rings and the planet, definately the best look at the Ringed Planet so far this year.
A Glorious Night For Astronomy!!! (P.S. Thanks for all the great images of M108 from everyone) 🙂