Lakeside was terrific last night. Four vehicles were there counting mine. A married couple arrived before me -- pleasant people -- they had a big camper home and some superb gear. The other two vehicles camep after sunset and drove farther into the field. In the morning I saw their telescope set up near their tents but they apparently were asleep so I didn't drive over to see them. The moon and planets were a nice grouping but not close enough together for me to photograph. The night was clear and the Milky Way was so bright that I took a walk almost entirely by its light, relying on my flashlight only a few times. I will post my pic of a beautiful galaxy later. ------------------------------ On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 11:52 AM MDT Chuck Hards wrote:

My wife and I admired that last night from the backyard, it was a very pretty sight. I can't help but wonder if there was an occulation of Saturn by the moon earlier in the day, or at least a close pass? Saturn seemed almost perfectly orthogonal to the north-south terminator line.

The seeing wasn't bad last night, either. Too bad I couldn't stay up past moonset or I would have been at Lakeside.

With the worst of summer's heat behind us, hopefully the monsoon season will die off and we'll have some fantastic nights in September and October.

On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 9:22 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:

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As I enter this the Moon, Mars and Saturn are forming a very nice triangle in the SW.

patrick

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