[fringe_dweller]

wow *insert gibbering gurgling happiness noises here* - best view through the 20x80s exactly like tornadoes first shot from tonight - made a drawing exactly the same, with spinnaker-like sail on the eastern pointing slightly curved tail - watched it for 45 min all the way to the horizon even thru muck at horizon tail and all! yikes! - superb conditions - popped out brightly almost instantly into view soon as suns limb dissappeared below horizon - sedgwick method with binocs using venus would hazard a guess at -4 no problems - pics to follow