The days are hot, the nights are short and rainy, in other words: summer is here.

I don’t have particular plans at the moment. I’m still doing spectroscopy on the semi-cloudy nights with mixed results and I hope to maybe image the Trifid Nebula if the opportunity is there. No target list, no time pressure, just enjoying the nice weather.

I do hope the Helix Nebula will work this year as last two years the weather didn’t allow any imaging during the short time it’s visible. Fingers crossed.

Here is my first summer object, the Cygnus Wall, about 3 hours with the Antlia ALP-T processed in HOO.