I, too, made the trek to the Wedge. I dragged along the 10"f10 scope with anticipation of loking at some double stars. I saw the following doubles: Rigel (to get my eye calibrated), Sirius (Although I thought I saw the Pup, I cannot claim it for sure.) and the Trapezium. The A, B, C, D, E, and F stars were very easy, but I saw no sign of G and H. I took a peek at M46 and NGC 2438. A nice view. I have always liked this cluster/nebula combo, even more than the Lagoon. I also looked at NGC 2362 (Tau Canis Majoris cluster). I unfortunately left the leg supports for my tripod in Bountiful, so I experienced a fair amount of wobble in my views. I had a veru interesting optical illusion with NGC 2362. If you have looked at this cluster, you know that tau CMa is in the center of a nice open cluster that reminds me a lot of a very sparse globular. Tau is much brighter than the other stars. As the scope wobbled, it seemed as though the cluster would move in the opposite direction to tau. This gave the illusion of internal reflections, and a real three dimensionality to the view. I am certain that it has something to do with persistence of vision varying with brightness, but nonetheless it was interesting. I spent most of the night looking at Saturn. I had no trouble with detail at 272X, so I tried other eyepiece/barlow combinations out all the way up to 550X. The image was good even at those magnifications. I easily saw the Crepe Ring, and even glimpsed Enke's Division. Although I have sen spokes in the ring previously, there was no hint if it Friday night. I did not make it up for long - in fact I was asleep before 11. The night, however, was very steady and what I saw was great. Sirius showed the smallest disk of anytime I have ever veiwed it. I guess getting up for work early has made it difficult to stay up late. Oh well - still a great night. Brent P.S. I envoke the Samuel Clemmons spelling rule! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs