The Clear Sky Alarm Clock said that we would have clear skies over SPOC starting at 20:00 hrs. That is 8:00 PM for those of us who pronounce VEGA like the car, and not VEEEEGA like Patrick. ;) There was a huge glowing nebula over Tooele which blocked our view of the rich star field regions of Sagittarius. There were intermittent drifting cloud formations straight overhead as well. This left us that portion of sky just above the duck pond to the west, and the area north in the direction of the SL International Airport to locate objects of interest that would keep those who cared to attend, interested. You know, if you stare at Mizar long enough, you could go crazy. The evening progressed, as did the openings through the clouds, and the sounds of: "Oh look, there's... never mind it's gone!" and, "where's M-13??? It was there a second ago..." could be heard up and down the line. About 9:30 PM folks started putting on their dew shields, but by the sounds of the geese overhead, I don't think that was dew that was falling. ;) I walked over to look through Rob's telescope. He had just placed a 2X Barlow under his eyepiece and as I peered through the scope, there staring back at me was NGC 36D, or, the "Great Hooter Nebula". I've heard stories about this Nebula. And how lonely Astronomers high atop mountains, have occasionally stumbled on this object while observing through sleepy and blurry eyes. This was indeed the wildest object I had ever seen. I wanted a better view, so I focused the image a little, and as I turned the focus knob, the Great Hooter Nebula faded before my eyes, and there in it's place was Epsilon Lyra. Doh! ;) Well, that's all I had. Oh yeah. The moon showed up just in time to provide enough light so we could see to pack our gear. ;) Now I'm done. Guy