Well, this is a miserable first for me. I spent last night at Lakeside, as I mentioned (I'm wondering which part of the desert Michael was in, as I did not see him). My plan was to spend this night there too, after charging my batteries at home. But for the first time I can remember, I just ran out of steam. My Jeep is still packed but I'm not up to it for another night. This is a real sign that I'm getting old -- turned 65 in April. I thought I was imaging NGC5033 this morning but the result doesn't look much like it. It certainly wouldn't be the first time I was off in aim. But I can't figure out what I saw. It almost looks like an S-shaped barred spiral with a supernova. Could anyone who knows how to do a plate solve let me know what it is, so I can hunt up a view of the galaxy and compare it? The stars around it should make it not so hard to do. It's somewhere in the vicinity of NGC5033. Anyway, I posted a view of it on the SLAS gallery, here: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4238 Many thanks, your ancient friend, Joe