For all it's aperture, there's not much fun to be had attempting to view at the Zenith with a dobsonian mount. Lots of moving around the scope to get the spot that works, but I did see what I was after.
Albireo - Double star in Cygnus was a very pretty orange and blue/green set. They are cherished by telescope folks and I can see why. The contrast is beautiful.
Dumbbell Nebula - once again my hopes are slightly out of alignment w/ reality. Nice round blur, but no color that I could discern. It's fairly large at least and made me want to visit my dark site to see what it "really" looks like. In any case I think I'm going to have to break down and get an astro-photography rig before much longer ($$ willing).
Jupiter - big and bright, but the seeing wasn't too great as it swam in and out of focus.
Uranus - tonight I found it without any help :) nice blue dot passing through my eyepiece
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