From the North Woods I had nice 8×42 looks at Orion Nebula, the double cluster in Perseus, th Pleiades, the Behive and finished up with the Andromeda Galaxy around 11pm. Or so I thought. I got back out for a bit around 2:30 – 3:00am when Lyra was well over three tree line. Dumbbell may have been below the horizon, but I searched fruitlessly for
It when I started believing I could make out one of Cygnus' wings above the trees. I had to run up the road to try and find an advantageous tree line, which was OK because I was dressed for a quick look and it was getting chilly. I also looked for three ring nebula but will need to check the charts because seeing was deteriorating a touch and everything was a little fuzzy.
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