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That's great news...see you at 9:30pm then.

All the best, 

Darren. 

Count me in.

Hello, Darren, Michael and Paul. 

I'm sorry I wasn't with you on Monday night. 
I had the sniffles, but I'm okay now. 

How did you get on with the most spectacular planet Saturn?

Clear skies (when )

Aubrey. 

Hi Aubrey,

It was a great evening and mostly clear up until midnight when the clouds rolled in.
Saturn and Jupiter both put on a good show despite being so low down.

I also took in M57, M31, M3 and Albiero.

We had a member of the Garda with us. He was at the car-park as there had been a spate of burglaries during the fine weather.

Michael.
 

Thank you, Michael. 

I didn't think anyone would bother with M 3 at this stage. 
I imagine it is very high up these nights in August.

I wonder what the others observed.   

Maybe next time I will join you.

Clear skies from Aubrey. 

Hi Aubrey

I had my 20x90 binoculars on an alt-az mount.
I observed both Jupiter and Saturn, three moons of Jupiter observed and I believe I saw Titan, not 100% certain.
Looking on high, I scanned the region of Cygnus, starting at Deneb, I attempted to observe NGC 7000, no joy.  Moving down to Sadr, I saw M29, this region of Cygnus is awash with stars and they can be overwhelming.  Albireo was next, easily split in the binoculars into their beautiful colours.
I continued down the Milky Way and alighted on M11, which was distinct and wedge shaped.
Sagittarius was low on the horizon, I bagged M22, but little else as the seeing in that part of the sky was poor.
I turned to Cassiopeia before the clouds rolled in and managed a quick tour without really alighting on any particular object, just enjoying the views.
I caught a single Perseid just before the cloud came in, it was long and white and bright.  Hopefully, an omen of things to come.

Paul