Day: 21 June 2026

Viewing Report 9th June 2026

11pm – 01:53

I opened the dome tonight and looked to image something with the Esprit 150. I quickly found a Lynds Dark Nebula in the Milky Way just rising, LDN 621

LDN 621 – 1 hour 30 mins of 300s subs

This was particularly low down when I started imaging at 23º altitude. The sky was still rather bright as we were approaching the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere on 21st June. There is definitely some interesting structure within this part of the sky, I will surely revisit once astronomical darkness returns and the altitude is higher.

Viewing Report 19th June 2026

22:14 – 22:54

Time – 22:14 / Object – Moon / Eyepiece – 31mm

  • Mare Tranquillitatis, above Rupes Cauchy I can see what looks like the straight wall a rile going diagonally 9 o’clock to 4 o’clock and Rima Cauchy below the crater and the Hussain crater below that at 4 0’clock
  • Back in Mare Fecundities I can see rays coming off the crater to the right of Messier crater
  • In Mare Nectaris, crater Rosse is very obvious
  • At this point there was some cloud to the South West as the Moon was setting behind my neighbours tree
Moon 5 Days old

Time – 22:38 / Object – M106 / Eyepiece – 31mm

  • M106 not seen due to cloud, I could see HD 107610 though

Time – 22:41 / Object – M12 / Eyepiece – 31mm

  • Moved to south east near Vega where no cloud.
  • M12, seen with direct vision, faint against bright sky. I could see a fairly bright star to the top on the outside of the cluster. Not sure if it is part of the cluster or not

Time – 22:53 / Object – M10 / Eyepiece – 31mm

  • M10 seen direct vision. Slightly brighter than M12 but not prominent star. Then it got cloudy so packed up