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