On July 27, we had a more transparent than usual for July night, and I had a look at Laevens 3 in the 30". My notes:
"Tiny g.c. Seen at 296x as a diffuse glow, held with averted vision, detectable with direct vision. At 550x, held with averted vision presenting as a mottled glow, resolving sporadically for brief moments into a handful of stars (4-6) superimposed over the glow.
Nearby galaxy LEDA 1471211 held as a uniform glow, brighter in the center. LEDA 1471623 intermittent using averted vision at 550x."
Last night, July 29, I looked at it using the 82":
"G.C. detected even at low power as a fuzzy glow. With increased power and averted vision, a sprinkling of ~ two dozen stars consistently popped in and out, with a fairly large persistent glow in the background.
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