At low power NGC 3077 looks like a small but moderately bright glow but changing to 104x it appeared as a 1' diameter circular nebula with a faint outer halo of low surface nebulosity that gradually brightened to a prominent well-defined core of which at times I suspected a stellar nucleus. There was a magnitude 8 star about 4' SW.
M 81 with supernova 1993J - 8.75 inch reflector
M 81 was seen as a bright and moderately large oval nebula with a faint outer envelope that gradually brightened until came to a brilliant nucleus which appeared at times to be a stellar at 144x. The North preceding side of M81 was rounded off in shape while the north facing side ended in a spike and I was lucky enough in this observation to record supernova 1993J of which I estimated at magnitude 11.5. A minute star was suspected at the edge of M81's ones north facing side.
NGC 3184 - 8.75 inch reflector
This galaxy was a disappointing sight in the telescope appearing as a very faint circular haze with no apparent detail visible in fact I had to use a wide field eyepiece with a deep sky filter just to see the thing as it was totally invisible without it. There was a faint magnitude 11.6 star superimposed onto the galaxy near its northern perimeter and a curious diamond shape of stars was just to the west of the galaxy that made locating NGC 3184 that much easier.
M 82 - the cigar Galaxy - 10 inch reflector
M82 was quite a sight visible as a bright elongated galaxy about 5 arc minutes across, the inner region was broken up into segments split by a very dark vertical lane which seemed to be itself slightly irregular plus another dark lane was seen further to the west though not as prominent. The outer regions of M82 were fainter but still a lot of detail was seen on the eastern side in the form of some fainter dark markings, the southern side seemed to find out as an extension that this was very diffuse.
NGC 2976 - 8.75 inch reflector
A very ill-defined, low surface brightness object about 5' in length but because it had ill-defined edges it was difficult to see where the actual edge of the galaxy was but rocking the telescope slightly helped. It did have a brighter nucleus compared to the outer regions and the NE side seemed at times to end abruptly and also seemed much flatter than the NE side but this was only suspected. A magnitude 13 star was seen lying against the galaxy's western side and this was surprisingly easy to see it may be easily mistaken for a supernova.
M109 - 8.75 inch reflector
M109 was seen at 65x as a low surface brightness patch of light with a magnitude 10 star on its SW side. The galaxy was difficult to actually define as the boundary was very indistinct but I could detect that it was oval in shape and around 5' across but I did see it had a bright nucleus which stood out very prominently against the soft light of its outer regions. Switching to a power of 104x two stars were seen superimposed at the Galaxy's periphery, one was a magnitude 12.5 star 50" NNW and another 3.5' NE, these two stars were difficult to see.
M108 - 10 inch reflector + Watec
M108 is a large bright galaxy and quite detailed elongated E- W with several very bright condensations, the brighter areas were seen just past centre stretching east plus a tiny spot near its centre. The western side had some long dark markings stretching the entire length of that side and the SE side of the galaxy was wider. A magnitude 12.5 star was seen at the galaxy's centre and two faint stars stretching out to the west.
M 97 - the owl nebula - 10 inch reflector + Watec
M97 was a large circular nebulosity with diffuse edges but the north and south sides looked double-edged. The owls eyes were seem pretty easily along with the magnitude 16 central star, the eyes seemed slightly off centre and the eastern eye was perhaps larger? Also seen just to the south was the small faint galaxy MCG- 9-19-14, this has a photographic magnitude of 16.1 and is a tiny 26"x 20" in diameter.