M3 through a bubble

It's been awhile since my last post but it has also been rather cloudy and wet here in midMO, plus I managed to develop a detached retina about two weeks ago. That's all fixed but I still have a bubble left over from the patch job that is slowly going away. In the meantime it makes stargazing a challange! I've been sneaking a peak at the variable R Corona Borialis. It has been rather elusive even in binoculars but tonight I was able to see it fairly well in my 7x50's. I also decided to try for M3 in Serpens Caput. It was high in the south at 10:00 and fairly easy to spot in binoculars. I just followed the chain of mag 5 stars East from 109 Virgo to 5 Ser and M5 is just northwest. It showed up nicely in my 8" although it was a bit more difficult to find since my red dot finder fell off as I was lugging the beast outside. It's time to get a REAL red dot finder.