Date:	16 May 2004 (Local)
Time:	22:00 - 23:45 NZST (UT +12)
Location:	Symes Rd, Maramarua Forest, North Waikato.
	60 Minutes fro Home
Weather:	Clear and Cool. Very Contrasty with late Fog.
Seeing:	Limiting Magnitude 6, transparency 4.5/5, seeing 4.5/5
Moon:	No Moon. New Moon
Equipment:	13.1 Inch Dobsonian, TeleVue Paracorr & Eyepieces & Lumicon Filters

Another very nice day in Auckland called for an observing session. Getting away late because of other commitments, I arrived at just before 10PM for a good observing, hopefully. Getting down took a lot longer due to some quite lengthy detours due to late road works on the motorway system.

There was a bit of fog in the low lying places but as I neared the forest it thinnedout and was non-existant when I arrived.

Dave Moorhouse, Guy, Martin & another chap Bede was already there when I was setting up. Another four people arrived after I did and it was quite busy in this loney spot miles from anywhere.

As has been the case I planned to continue my way through the Hartungs & Herschel lists.

Object	Type	Magnification	Notes
NGC 4999	Galaxy	88x	A face on sprial with an even brightness. No detail in the halo. Hartungs & Herchell II Object.
NGC 4904	Galaxy	88x	Faint oval galaxy with an even brightness. No surface detail noted. Hartungs & Herschel II Object.
NGC 4691	Galaxy	88x	Slightly oval galaxy with a condensed core. No defination in the halo. Hartungs & Herschel II Object.
NGC 4684	Galaxy	88x	Faint oval galaxy, probably lenticular in nature.
NGC 4794	Galaxy	176x	Faint galaxy with a condensed core. In the same FOV as the interacting pair NGC4782 & NGC4783.
NGC 4783	Galaxy	176x	One of two round galaxies interatcing with each other with a small decernable gap between both cores. Fairly faint.
NGC 4782	Galaxy	176x	One of two round galaxies interatcing with each other with a small decerable gap between both cores. Fairly faint. Hartungs Object.
NGC 5740	Galaxy	176x	Oval shaped galaxy with a condensed core. Halo irregularly defined. Near the 'Son of Sombreo'
NGC 5746	Galaxy	176x	The 'Son of Sombero' This is a fainter looking version of M104. Long and skinny with a dark lane, not bright bright but nice. Hartungs & Herschel 400 Object.
NGC 5701	Galaxy	176x	Fairly large and faint galaxy with a stellar core. Halo very faint.
NGC 6167	Open Cluster	114x	Very starry field. Nice open cluster with many bright members. Guy Thornley not even going to look at it. Hartungs Object.
NGC 6200	Open Cluster	176x	A profusely starry field. Open cluster status hard to define but it does have some brighter members. A notch in the Milky Way in the class of the Sagittarius Star Cloud. Hartungs Object.
NGC 6193	Open Cluster	176x	Nice open cluster with no real outstanding features. Not observed for four years. Hartungs Object.
IC 2602	Open Cluster	20x	An object not logged for mant years that is easy naked eye. Nice to actually log it after not 'officially' recording its observation. Stunning through the 80mm Refractor. Hartungs Object.
NGC 3211	Planetary Nebula	114x	Small Planetary in a starr field. Fairly easy to spot, round and has a habit of disappearing on you as you move you eye around. Hartungs Object.
IC 2553	Planetary Nebula	114x	Small Planetary with about a diameter of 6". Makes a good pair with the nearby 11th Mag Star. Hartungs Object.

The object of the night was a galaxy that I have nicknamed 'The Son of Sombero' A beautiful edge on galaxy with a dark lane. Some nice starry fields and open clusters were observed as well. Higher power was able to be employed due to the good seeing.

Unfortunately the fog rolled in at about 11:30PM calling a premature end to proceedings. While Symes Rd is usually fog proof, we did not escape tonight.