This was a nice sight in the 6 inch refractor, the north and south sides of M57 were much brighter than the eastern and western edges which faded off to a more diffuse nebulosity. The central star of magnitude 15.3 was easily seen and I suspected a second star in the central hole which seem to have a faint haze over it, it was not clear hole and apart from that no real detail was seen.
M 57 - the Ring nebula - 10 inch reflector + Watec
A superb sight, M57 was very bright elongated East-West on the long axis; this was about 2' across which varied in brightness, the North-South sides were the brightest which faded to the long axis. The western side was quite mottled, the Eastern not quite so but the outer and inner edges of the ring were definitely diffuse. The central hole was well seen but it was filled with a faint diffuse nebulosity and the central star of magnitude 15.7 was obvious plus a faint second star within the central hole plus a slightly brighter star on the periphery of the western edge. Also in the field I observed the faint galaxy IC 1296 of magnitude 15.3 and 1.0,x 0.6' in diameter which was visible as a faint circular glow about 4'to the north-west.
Steph 1 - 8.75 inch reflector
In the eyepiece this open cluster was nothing more than a very loose and very poor concentration of stars with no obvious signs of any central condensation. The brightest star in the cluster was Delta Lyra which is a bright orange star, there was some range in magnitude within the cluster but all I can stay is that Steph 1 is nothing to get excited about.
M 57 - the Ring nebula - 8 inch refractor
This observation was made using an 8 inch F 15 refractor and using a magnification of 240x the ring was a large and very bright oval nebula, the edges seemed slightly fuzzy and the Northwest and Southeast sides of the ring were much brighter than the ends. Using a magnification of 333x revealed M57 was longer on its major axis and their was faint nebulosity continuing on after the main nebulosity of the ring ended and this gave the appearance of M57 ending in a point on both sides but this was very diffuse. The central hole was very obviously filled in with quite bright nebulosity and I glimpsed a few times and object at the centre of the hole and at one point it looked like a brighter portion of the nebulosity that filled the hole but at other times it appeared stellar, is it the central star, I don't know but it sure looks suspicious. I also strongly suspected a few other stellarings projected onto the haze of M57, are these the other fainter stars you see on photographs projected onto the ring; again I can't be sure.
M 56 - 12 inch reflector
This globular cluster was seen as a large very grainy ball of light, the core was extremely mottled giving into resolved stars using averted vision as the stars were very minute, the brightest stars in the cluster of the 13th magnitude. The outer regions were quite granular with a scattering of stars at its outer regions and a magnitude 11.5 star stood out from the rest of the cluster 2.7' north-east of the core and another star of the same magnitude and roughly the same distance was seen on the western side of the cluster. The cluster was very condensed and quite tightly compressed at the centre and the total size I estimated was only 3' or 4' in diameter. The surrounding field was absolutely jam packed with stars of widely varying magnitudes far too many to actually drawn in the sketch because the dawn sky was rapidly approaching.
NGC 6702 - NGC 6703 - 10 inch reflector + Watec
Two galaxies in the same field of view visible as diffuse circular patches of light with brighter cores and although visually they look the same NGC 6703 is a face on spiral while NGC 6702 is an elliptical galaxy. No detail was seen in either though NGC 6702 may have been ever so slightly elongated in an East westerly direction.