Skunked two nights in a row. Both aurora forecasts couldn’t have been more wrong. At least it was cold and wet. 6°C and everything was soaked from dew.

This was supposed to be full of green, red, and purple…

Milky Way
Milky Way

At least I got to see some stuff:

Below is Messier 101, the Pinwheel galaxy. It’s extremely faint, but doable with a 300mm lens if you can find it.

Messier 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy
Messier 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy

The pictures below taken with a 200mm lens:

Messier 45, the Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters.

Messier 45 The Pleiades
Messier 45 The Pleiades

Messier 33, the Triangulum galaxy wasn’t visible without binoculars. It used to be darker up there.

Messier 33 the Triangulum galaxy
Messier 33 the Triangulum galaxy

Messier 31, The Andromeda Galaxy always a good target.

Messier 31 The Andromeda Galaxy
Messier 31 The Andromeda Galaxy

And finally the Double Cluster in Perseus.

Caldwell 14, The Double Cluster
Caldwell 14, The Double Cluster

Fuckin’ astronomy. Stick with model railroading.