[Chaos-l] Observing tonight?

[Jon Stewart-Taylorj]

Hi all.
 
Mark S. said:

> I think I'm going to bail out tonight. 

And John M. responded:

> [...] I think I will wait until a more promising evening.  

Chickens! My daughter and i got there around 9:15, and stayed about an hour.

Actually, conditions weren't as good as the sky-clock indicated early in the day: Limiting mag about 3.5-4.  And i brought only a pair of 10x50s.  Still, some good views of the moon, wide doubles like Epsilon Lyr, and M13.  Too much fog off the lake for the stuff in Sag or Sco, though.

Still better than the Morehead session Saturday, though. LM there was -10: couldn't even see the moon through the clouds.

J.
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