The weather is so glorious, we finally hauled out our 11" CPC scope Monday night and took our first look at Saturn. We just bought our first scope last summer, but it was late enough that Saturn was dipping into the murky western sky, and when we viewed Saturn then, it looked like a dissipated two-handled sugar bowl What a difference Sunday night was! We could see the Cassini division and four moons--it was just lovely. We also took at look at the Orion nebula. We have a an oxygen filter we had never tried before, and though it says it should be used in dark skies, we used it on M42 it since the trapezium stars were so bright. The filter made the stars a faint blue against a swirled nebula and sections of deep black sky. What I was hoping I could learn from some of you, are what other spring sky sights we should try for in our backyard (until we can manage a trip to a dark sky area)? The light pollution in South Salt Lake was so bright, that even at 11 p.m. we could see to walk a around in the yard and I kept thinking the sun was trying to rise in the south, from the amount of glow. We learned some clusters and double stars last summer that still were nice seeing, even from our yard, but we don't know what we should look at now. Any favorites any of you would suggest? Thanks! Ann M. Blanchard Executive Assistant to the Assoc. VP Undergraduate Studies 110 Sill University of Utah (801) 581-3188 Ann.Blanchard@utah.edu