Shneor and I had IHOP all to ourselves last night. The skies were
surprisingly good at an estimated Mag 6.5. There was no snow on the
ground, but it was cold! I'll let Shneor chime in with his official OR
later, but we viewed some magnificent sites, ranging from the old
familiar standby's like the Hercules globs, the ring, the cocoon,et al.
to the more esoteric including Hickson 68 and the magnificent
little "mini-ring" nebula in Cygnus. Lots of galaxy
hopping...especially spectacular views of the Sombrero and M51. And of
course the evening wasn't complete without nice views of the Veil, the
Swan, and Shneor's ever favorite Bug Nebula. All-in-all a fine night. I
had to leave about 1:30ish to get some rest for my daughter's horse
show today, but Shneor probably stayed all night!
I will try to make it again tonight at IHOP, so I hope to see many of
you there. Bill
Posted on tac-sac May 28, 2006 14:41:01 PT
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