Last November 21 I had a successful observation of Andromeda Globular G132 #78 on the ANTNO list. I found the field easily it has a slight curving line of four fairly bright stars near the 18.1 V MAG globular. At 488X something would pop in and out every now and then at the right location. I bumped up the power with a 6MM ZAO 813X and to my surprise I could hold it steady with averted vision. The stars were tight so I put in a 4MM ZAO 1220x looked in the eyepiece and BOOM there it was with direct vision. The globular looked fuzzy and had a faint yellow glow to my eye. I spent a long time soaking in the faint photons. I then did a field sketch and was grateful for the steady seeing .
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