Calstar 2003 - summary from the Scull perspective

by Craig Scull

Memorable views:

Everything I saw in the 30" - especially Perseus I (Abell 426) which showed 15 galaxies in a high power field (300x?), and M13 which showed two very interesting parallel dust lanes midway out from the core
Seeing the 3 companions of 7331 in an 8" telescope (ranging from 14.5-15.2 magnitude)
Seeing lots of cool meteors over the heads of all the people I talked to

Thanks to James Turley for being my eyepiece godfather who lends us the eyepieces we left at home or need to get -- an Optilux 40mm in this case which delivered some really nice views of the larger objects in the sky.

Thanks also to Alvin who gave us a 6pack of bottled water so we didn't have to drink from the spigot.