Wow  Driving back into the valley last night from Wolf Creek was a shock. I thought that there was smoke at wolf creek, well it was clear as a bell compared to the valley. Report from Saturday night. Clean skys with some smoke near the horizon. I did a lot of photography saturday. (practice)  There was 3 of us that set up and we had a good time. We had some bow hunters come and join us and that was fun. Lots of wow's and so forth.  If you did not go up to wolf creek you missed a real good time. Mark   Mark Shelton Indian Hill Middle School Tech Ed. Teacher Salt Lake Astronomical Society Board Member (School and Special Star Parties Coordinator)  ________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 9:56 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Inside of a lightbulb No backyard observing tonight.  Polaris is barely visible naked-eye.  M57 is invisible in my 2-inch refractor.  The smoke is too much. Sunset was as red as I've seen it from here.  No consolation. Wish I could have budgeted gas money to SPOC tonight. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".