"Mick" wrote in message
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What a fabulous constellation perched upon the milky way. I spent 2
hours with it last night. Alberio and Deneb. Funny how my 10 X 50
binocs bring out so much more than a closer look with the 25mm MA in
the vacinity of Deneb.

My very first observing session -- in the fall of 1967, when I was 10 years
old -- consisted of looking at Cygnus through 7x35 binoculars at my
grandparents' country house. I didn't know any constellations but must have
been looking at the area of the North America Nebula and the very rich star
fields to the south and east of it. It remains one of my favorite parts of
the sky.

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Clear skies,

Michael Covington -- www.covingtoninnovations.com
Author, Astrophotography for the Amateur
and (new) How to Use a Computerized Telescope