Hello all -- Anyone going out to Lakeside tonight? Forecast at present looks good. I'm just asking because I'm not likely to head out until after midnight when the moon's down, and I don't want to interrupt. Still not a sure thing, but I sort of feel like a few hours out tonight... Anyone else annoyed that S&T's online interactive sky chart is offline indefinitely (evidently used old software on old servers -- Fortran back end on a VMS system is my guess)? Anyway, I found an iOS app with very similar functionality (not yet reviewed by Jay on his blog!) It's called "Planisphere" and costs 99 cents. It is what it says -- a software planisphere where you can change location and time and see what's up. For me this is perfect for planning. When in the field, I know the constellations, so I don't use things like Google Sky Map, but for 99c, this is a good tool for preparing outings. ---- Rev. Michael A. van Opstall Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Office: JWB 313 opstall@math.utah.edu