Star Gazing Session

I had a sublime star gazing session in the garden last night under our Bortle 4.5-ish sky. Despite being very humid, the sky was nevertheless clear and conditions turned out to be good for observing DSOs.

I was able to get some good views of the galaxies in Markarian's Chain, the rest of the Messier galaxies in Virgo, plus Messier 99 in Coma Berenices. The globular clusters M3 and M13, and the open cluster M37 were breathtaking too. I also had my best view yet (from my home location) of the Whirlpool Galaxy NGC 5194 and its interacting neighbour NGC 5195. I came in after my session filled with wonder and feeling very satisfied.