Last night I observed the faintest planetary that I've ever observed through my 15" Obsession. I had trouble finding Abell 43 so I asked Jim to find it through his 25" Obsession. He found it and it was dim, circular and faint through the 25". It was below a couple of stars in a dark patch of sky. It's size was 1.3 arc minutes and had a 14.6 magnitude. I went back to my 15" and found the same star field and found it with averted vision. It was barely observable but it was there. We also tried Abell 71 but failed to locate it. Maybe I'll have better luck at Bryce Canyon in 7.0 magnitude skies. Looking through the binoviewer was fun too. We observed M8(Lagoon), M20(Trifid), and M17(Swan) through the binoviewer. They almost looked three-dimensional through the binoviewer. The Crescent nebula looked nice through the 25" also. It almost looked like the CCD images I've seen on the web. I also observed the central star of the Owl Nebula for the first time through the 25". No averted vision needed here. Just a firm grip on the ladder. The bright galaxies M51, M106, NGC 4631, and NGC 4656 looked bright and beautiful through that 25". The structure of each galaxy was well defined and it was fun to pick up the dimmer galaxies around M106. Again, seeing these galaxies through the 25" reminded me of the CCD images I've seen over the internet. Well, I'm going to catch up on my rest and come up to Bryce Thursday so I look forward to seeing the SLAS members and enjoying the cool weather there. Clear Skies, Debbie W