[[1ponders] (Paul)]

We had another good turn out on Saturday night. 17 people I believe with 12 or 13 scopes. Members like Striker, Odlaw and davewaldo were first time visitors to Ron's, while Gargoyle_steve, drmorbius, argonavis, jjjnettie, Zubenel are regular visitors.

The afternoon and early evening looked promising but unfortunately in the middle to late evening the clouds moved in teasing us for hours. Most crashed around midnight but some hung in there all night til sunup defying the clouds. Davewaldo got his first view of Saturn just as the sun was coming up.

I know Striker managed to catch some long exposures of NGC253 early in the evening, and Odlaw got to learn how to operate his newly aquired LX200GPS and start the process of eyepiece testing.


Here are a few images of the night showing the setups, and for those who haven't seen it before, Astroron's fantastic country viewing site