I used a 120mm
Trifid and Lagoon nebula were very bright with nebulous not seen at my
M31 could be seen with direct vision. It was much wider than at my
M110 was very visible but could not see any detailed structure.
M33 was a ghost, but a much more brighter ghost than at my
M74 was below the tree line. I waited a while, but could not find it on the first try. Got caught up with other sightings and forgot about M74.
M11-Wild Duck Cluster stars nailed real good with my Svbony Red Line 15mm eyepiece. I just wondered at the cluster. Thinking what might be out there kind of thing.
M45-Pleiades was very bright and for the first time I could see nebulous around the stars. Once again a great wonder observing it.
Was going to spend the night at the campsite, but changed my mind at around 1:00am. The mighty Orion was low above the tree line. I needed another two hours wait time to get a real good observation. Even low in the sky the NU Ori region was much brighter than at my
M78-Casper the Friendly Ghost nebula showed a ball of very faint nebulous and two tiny head lights.
Most of the time I moved in a circle, moving my parallelogram mounted 20x80 binoculars up and down. When I came across an interesting object I would enjoy with the binoculars, and then the telescope.
I will be paying a visit to this region of West Virginia again in the late spring. In the late spring M104 will be high in the night sky posing for my 6 inch