I was able to find M39, M71, CR399, and H20 star clusters last night. But, there are just so many stars in that part of the Milky Way that it's hard to tell where the clusters start and the "plain old" star fields end! Either way, get out and scan the sky from the area around Deneb all the way past Vega and over into the area of Altair and beyond. You won't be disappointed with the view! Then grab your binoculars and do the same thing. Your mouth will fall open in awe at the incredible amount of stars!
As a side note, a little observation about mosquitoes. Normally, we don't get many here. We're quite a ways from any appreciable amount of water. We make up for them in wood ticks though! But, just since yesterday, the mosquitoes have exploded! Still, they don't have fangs and claws like the mosquitoes we encounter on the other side of the river in Juneau County. Those are huge and terrible! But in the last two days the mosquitoes have suddenly become worse than I can ever remember here.
The Milky Way stars near Deneb.
Left to right: Saturn, Regulus, Mars.
