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I've just returned from SPSP. While Friday night's viewing was interrupted, and many went to bed and missed out on a clear morning, Saturday night was absolutely superlative (albeit cold). When I saw the glimmer of dawn this morning, it capped off a long night of observing. One highlight was having to kneel down on the ground to observe comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 at a very low altitude through a 20 inch dob.
It was great to put faces to more IIS names. Indeed, the observing field was a very social and friendly arena, as I found as I walked from scope to scope.
Other IIS attendees will no doubt post their reports on SPSP. I'm doing a write-up for Australian Sky & Telescope.
Next year's SPSP will be on in mid-April, to coincide with school holidays.
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