Hi Paul, Sounds like you had a reasonable night. It was a tad mushy out here too. I think that jet stream came back into play. The 16" is working a treat, I can certainly see the difference the new coating has achieved, so money well spent IMO. Last night I mostly went back over objects I have been chasing with the 8". I did revisit the quartet along with IC 5148 with and without an OIII filter. In the 16" it is fairly easily observed without but certainly enhanced with an OIII haven't tried it with my UHC filter. Standouts Lagoon neb and the Veil neb both using 20mm + OIII really came alive filtered. The Veil's stringy filaments Wow! I spent probably a good 20-30 minutes on that one. The Swan neb is another that benefits from an OIII. Cheers,CS Rob From: nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nswnra-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul McGuiness Sent: Saturday, 14 August 2010 07:54 To: nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [nswnra] Last night's viewing Hi all, Since the wind has died down, I had an hour or two outside last night. Transparency was pretty ordinary and seeing even worse. The 22 and 17 EP's were OK, but the 12 and anything shorter was a struggle. Found that PN is Grus from here, finally. This time I tried looking for it with the UHC in place. It is almost invisible without it. Both it and the Quartet were twice as faint as at Glen's. The ring shape that was so clear at Glen's was only just visible with averted vision with the filter. Shows the value of dark skies. The nebulas near 6723 were pretty good with the filter in place. It was just good to be back at the eyepiece again, even though the seeing wasn't great. Hope your 16 is operational again Rob. Cheers to all. Paul.