June 21st Astro logs

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June 21 2020 9:45 PM EDT
~20% hazy cloud cover. Still fairly light, with 1st & 2nd magnitude stars visible.
---Vega
[sketch.] Monocular, looking @ Lyra. I found a wide double star, mistaken at first for a [unfinished sentence, I think I meant "DSO"]
^ "???"
ε Lyr     ^M57 somewhere (not visible)

maybe meteor, probably lightning bug @ 9:50. North, going up and east. <0th mag.

[sketch of double star] "???" very wide double star. DT6/25mm
too far apart to be a "real" double, but still interesting as I've never seen this pair before. Equal magnitude & color.
ID as Epsilon Lyrae.

[sketch with small ring] Ring Nebula DT6/25mm
requires averted vision to see ring.
[sketch with large ring] 6mm
extremely faint, but clear structure.

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[little crossed star with a line pointing to the first sketch] <-Arcturus (sic, I meant to write Antares) position in drawing 1.
June 21 2020 10:19 PM EDT
[sketch/drawing 1] M4 - DT6/25mm
A large but very faint blob with the faintest hint of individual stars/granularity with averted vision.

10:24 transparency is [unintelligible--mighty? really?] bad, with thin whispy clouds covering up 30-40% of sky.

Polaris: 25mm - No companion.
6mm - faint companion.
[sketch of Polaris double star]
Jupiter 25mm/DT6
[sketch of Jupiter] orange, with color fringing at ~5degree altitude.

Satellite moving due west from zenith @ 10:50, lost shortly after.

-could not find M81/M82 after ~5min of searching. Too poor transparency/light pollution?

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June 21 2020 11:05 PM EDT

[sketch of M27] M27 Dumbbell Nebula - DT6/25mm
very faint, but noticeably two-lobed.
-------------------> satellite 11:07
[picture of Jupiter] Jupiter DT6/6mm
noticeable squiggle on northern band!

imaging attempt w/ phone/adapter failure! Needs counterweight or telescope falls down. I got a few mediocre shots with virtually no detail.

[sketch of saturn] Saturn, DT6/6mm
Dim, hard to see clearly.
Titan visible.
11:35 PM EDT - I'm tired, time to pack up.
Hazy, kinda nasty night. Last night was better.
Still, I found a few new things.