Conditions at Coe were favorable for observing. Temp at the overflow lot was stable at 52F from dusk till dawn. RH dropped continuously from 32 to 24%. Static straps were required after midnight. Valley temps dropped from 43 to 36 degrees; frost was in the valley as I left.
Wind speed increased through the night eventually becoming gusty and quite uncomfortable. The OTA was constantly being jostled by the wind after midnight. Today I have windburn despite backing my truck directly to the mount/OTA area.
Seeing was a little soft; transparency was impaired from time to time by bands of cirrus. With no fog in the valley, there was only haze to block the SJ/MH/Gilroy light. IOW, it never got really dark, but I was able to log objects as dark as 13th magnitude low brightness galaxies. I was able to log ~40 Herschel objects, on the target rich environments of Leo and Ursa Major.
I was solitary occupant of overflow lot until 11:35; at that time the SJAA loaner 13" Coulter and two guys named Michael showed up. They began a search for Messier objects and left at about 5:00 am when I did.
I failed to find Omega Centauri at 05:00. It would have been multicolored like most of the other stars at the horizon, and would have been rather holiday-like.
I hope to return at least one more time this week during the year-end break.