When I got home I immediately wanted to see what the difference would be with my 102 mm GnG Maksutov on Alt/Az. At home the seeing turned out to be rather good as well. Although just put outside, the insulation on the Maksutov turned out to be doing its job well and the picture showed as many ripples as moments of rest, which can be called good here. Details were visible, a bit less pronounced and slightly paler than in the refractor. I shifted my stool and KABOOM!!! with the sound of thunder two legs popped out from under my seat. I fell backwards in a split second, but thanks to my JUDO past I still managed to land on the concrete tiles. (chin on the chest, on the side, muscles tense, so not like a bag of cement) Only my right elbow was slightly sore from the friction of my vest against the skin. The blow was so loud that my wife and the neighbors came out to ask if everything was okay. A very quick way to abort an observation!
I should have known this was going to happen, because the last few times I found that the seat wobbled more than usual. Stubbornly of course and just keep going. After the shock and reassuring everyone, I grabbed a fresh chair and just continued to observe. You don't let such a seeing take you away, do you?
I was happy to finish Summer Queens such as M57 Ring nebula, M27 Dumbbell nebula and M71 Globular. Then globular M15 to mark the transition to Autumn, finally the extragalactic M31 and M32 (M33 and Mirach's Ghost failed), NGC457 ET cluster, and open cluster M103.
It was a memorable evening.