Seeing index: OK (3)
Transparency: Poor/ave (2)

Almost defeated by the dire Autumn weather. On the night of 9th a brief 45 minute spell with gaps to the heavens gave poor views of M31 but surprisingly good ones of M57 (x150). The following morning dawned clear (again briefly, after another night of thick cloud) to the beautiful sight of the crescent Moon with earthshine, Venus and between the two the still-visible star Regulus in Leo.

    Integration time:
    * OSC 27 X 300s (135m)
    * Total: 2h15m

Still testing and familiarising myself with the QHY268C, this time on another dark-sky (or should I say cloudy-sky) trip to Bortle Class 3 mid-Wales.

11th September 2022 Evidently far more integration time is needed the the meagre 2h48m I managed to salvage from the trip. Still, this makes a reasonable start and allows some improved framing choices to be made for the next attempt on this target. I also think that the stars would benefit from the use of the Astronomik L3 filter to reduce star bloat.