Last night was the best viewing I've had in a long long time

. As Mr owl said earlier, the clouds cleared about 9pm and from then on the conditions got better and better. There was still not a hint of dew when I left after 1am. The views of Jupiter were showing some detail, the GRS was on around 10pm. I know I missed the shadow transit early am. I saw some things for the first time like the Saturn nebula (thanks Rod), the cigar galaxy, the little double, and NGC355? (thanks Rick.) There's always something new up there we don't know about. 47 Tuc was pretty crisp as well.
Thanks to all who made it last night. The company as always was great. It was noted that SDM city wasn't as big as last time.

.Your absence was noted. It was interesting no one set up in the paddock on the southern side of the entry gate. Was it because of what happened last time?

. Deeno was prepared with a counter attack.

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Rick glad you made it out to celebrate your birthday.
Rod it was good to see you again after what appeared to have been a long absence from the PC.
RB, thanks for the good advice on imaging and options. I take it all into consideration.

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Mr Owl, hope you get that Dob back in order soon.

. Like I said last night, could be time you got an SCT

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Phil, good to see you at the PC for the first time. It'll be good to see you up there again.
Here's hoping next month is a good one too so you can get ready and prepare for Lostock.
B4 I go - Mr Owl - you locked the gate at 4:50am. Do you mean you could wait for the brightest star to come up above the horizon?

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