After a 40 degree day the evening was still in the high 20s and the sky was fairly clear. A sliver of moon had nearly cleared the sky and it was about a dark as you could expect.
Started with Jupiter, looking great with two bands clearly visible. 3 moons to the left and one to the right of the disk. Tried to get a few snaps with my mobile on the eyepiece, just to see how it looked.
Checked out M42 in Orion, just because I love looking at it. Resolved the four stars at the centre clearly.
Also checked out open cluster M41, Sirius, and Betelgeuse (which stubbornly still refuses to go supernova)
Shifted the scope to cast about the Zenith and happened to have a satellite pass through the field just as I put my eye to it, which was a nice novelty.
Spent some time star hopping trying to line up Globular Cluster M79, but gave up (probably not dark enough to make it out, I'm pretty sure I was in the right spot)
Finished the session just casting around the sky a bit looking through the 25mm P enjoying seeing the lower mag stars.
Packed up still very warm but fortunately not humid. Still about 27 now at 2am.
