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"Changing weather conditions" is how you can summarize the last few days here. Still there was no rain predicted in the night, only in the early morning. Cloud fields drifted above my head, but there was enough open sky to give it a try. So my session was interrupted every 10 minutes or so to let a cloud-field pass. Nevertheless I completed my list. All but one, which was too low in the horizon clouds.

For those who missed part I.
Location: a Bortle 4 holiday location in Zeeland, Netherlands. Instrument: 102mm f/9 ED Vixen refractor. EP: 31mm Baader Hyperion ASPH and a 18-9mm Leica WW ASPH.
The list is exactly the same as I had in my pocket the other day. I started with the brighter open clusters at the bottom, for it wasn't completely dark at midnight yet.
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NGC. Const. Type. Name / Comment. Magn.


6309 Ophiuchus. Planetairy. Fail, Too low on the horizon, too many clouds out there. 11.0

6934 Delphinus. Globular. Tinkerbell, very cute. She has no official name. I made this name up because the faint globular at the end of a row of stars looks like the little magic wand of Tinkerbell in Peter Pan. A must see! *Recommended! 8.8

6826 Cygnus. Pl. Blinking Planetary. Averted vision shows the central star. Direct vision not. 8.9

6811 Cygnus. Open Cluster. Hole in a Cluster. Actually a double hole in a double cluster at low magnification. *Recommended! 6.8

7023 Cepheus. OC. in nebula. Very nice soft nebula around several stars. Very peaceful. 7.2

6819 Cygnus. OC. Foxhead cluster. Looks like a fox. Nice! 7.3

6905 Delphinus. PL. Blue Flash nebula. Good looking. 10.9

7209 Lacerta. OC. Cluster in a ring of stars. *Recommended! 7.7

7006 Delphinus. Glob. Averted vision. 10.6

6934 Delphinus. Glob. Very nice little globular. Cute. *Recommended! 8.8

6791 Lyra. OC. I liked the surroundings more.:-) 9.5

6781 Aquila. PL. Despite its faintness, still in one glance with averted vision thanks to its nice round form. Rather big. 11.6

6886 Sagitta. PL. Averted vision. 11.4

7008 Cygnus. PL. Looks like a torch. *Recommended! 11.0

6886 Cygnus. OC. - 7.6

7031 Cygnus. OC. With a bit of imagination the roof of a house or barn. 9.1

7062 Cygnus. OC. - 8.3

7067 Cygnus. OC. Baby sister next to big brother M39, the last one is in the finder. 9.7

7082 Cygnus. OC. - 7.2

6910 Cygnus. OC. Nice cluster in some nebulosity, at least in a 4 inch. *Recommended! 7.4

6871 Cygnus. OC. - 5.2

6940 Cygnus. OC. Lots of faint Magn. 11 stars, faint for a 4 inch that is. 6.3
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This sketch was made at home earlier with a somewhat bigger instrument. The dark cove on the side of the planetary is still visible with a 4 inch under dark skies, though.

The recommended ones are a real treat! If it becomes clear again this holiday I sure will do the recommended ones again!

As far as the clouds let me, I did several big Messiers and SH2-102 again of course. Much moisture in the air was condensed in the clouds, so between clouds it was quite transparent. I could confirm my earlier observations, this time Sh2-102 was a bit more obvious than last time.
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A great report and wonderful sketches John, thank you for sharing them.
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Excellent report John!

I will add NGC 6934 to my observing lists, I like the name you have given it. :D
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Good haul of targets and nice sketches John! Like your travel EP set to. Mine consists of Meade 32mm Plossl, Baader Mark IV 8-24mm zoom, and Baader 2.25x Q Barlow.

Not completely dark at midnight? I bet the dawn is at 2 am there. :)
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Wow! When do you sleep? Love the sketches.
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A nice collection of clusters and PNe, John! Great sketching as well!
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Great report and sketches John.

Thanks!

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Sorry, I have made a mistake and typed NGC 6934 twice.
The second time it should have been NGC 6891, a very small (half the Jupiterdiameter) Planetary in Delphinus of magnitude 10.4 So magnification necessary.
The comment is still the same. I must have been preoccupied with Tinkerbell. :D Previously I thought 6891 was a small globular, that explains the confusion.
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Very nice outing John, and a great read and drawings too! Glad it's working out for you :D

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Great reporting, John...and incredible sketches!!

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Some days ago I came home and did the same list again in the LP skies of Schiedam with my 120mm Refractor. They seemed a "bit" paler.
I changed my oppinion about NGC6490 though. Instead of "observed" I consider it a recommendation. More than 50 magnitude 11 and 12 stars, all nicely spread and a few brighter stars. The resemblance with Carolines's Rose came to my mind. Nice cluster, binoculars show the cluster too.

I liked the open clusters and other small Gems that much past holiday, that I consider buying a second hand SW 150mm Startravel refractor. As a matter of fact I am quite far in negotiations about it...
Refractors in frequency of use : *SW Evostar 120ED F/7.5 (all round ), * Vixen 102ED F/9 (vintage), both on Vixen GPDX.
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Most used Eyepieces: *Panoptic 24, *Morpheus 14, *Leica ASPH zoom, *Zeiss barlow, *Pentax XO5.
Commonly used bino's : *Jena 10X50 , * Canon 10X30 IS, *Swarovski Habicht 7X42, * Celestron 15X70, *Kasai 2.3X40
Rijswijk Public Observatory: * Astro-Physics Starfire 130 f/8, * 6 inch Newton, * C9.25, * Meade 14 inch LX600 ACF, *Lunt.
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John Baars wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2019 8:26 pm Some days ago I came home and did the same list again in the LP skies of Schiedam with my 120mm Refractor. They seemed a "bit" paler.
I changed my oppinion about NGC6490 though. Instead of "observed" I consider it a recommendation. More than 50 magnitude 11 and 12 stars, all nicely spread and a few brighter stars. The resemblance with Carolines's Rose came to my mind. Nice cluster, binoculars show the cluster too.

I liked the open clusters and other small Gems that much past holiday, that I consider buying a second hand SW 150mm Startravel refractor. As a matter of fact I am quite far in negotiations about it...
SW 150mm and it's tween Celestron Omni 150R are great scopes for DSO hunting. Amazingly lightweight and compact, almost grab and go. My favorite scope for open clusters. I hope you get one for a good price.
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.

Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2382, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 255
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