Fremont Peak Saturday Observing

David Cooper

Sorry to hear that the folks that went to Coe had an aperture-reducing experience (having only a 6" scope, I have this experience every time I go out). I almost went to Coe based on the Clear-Sky clock, but decided while on the freeway to push on to the peak and, if necessary, take my lumps. I (for once) lucked out. By sunset the skies were reasonably clear and Saturn was beautiful with steady seeing and much detail observable through my AP155. Got to log off about 15 H400 objects and other eye candy objects. It was nice to visit with Rich N. and catch up on refractor lore, but I didn't get a chance to get over to the SW lot to say hello to Jamie and others. By midnight the sky was really clear with a nice summer Milky Way rising and looking very promising. Unfortunately I had to leave at around 1:30 AM because my wife signed me up for a Sunday "family" event in San Jose. I almost had enough energy at the end of the day to catch all of the Sharks game - but only made it through the second overtime before tanking (Glad I slept through the rest of the game).

Looking forward to GSSP!

Dave