I'm headed for Bryce next weekend if the weather looks good. Guy Quoting Robert Taylor <robtaylor3661@comcast.net>:
We had three people go up to the Gravel Quarry on Friday night to take advantage of the totally clear skies. Tom Watson, Mike Bailey, and myself participated. Overall a pretty good night; the usual clouds hanging over Salt Lake acting like a big fluorescent light keeping the viewing to the west marginal. They eventually cleared of around 10pm. Viewing to north, around through the east and to the south were all in good shape, there were some great views. We were visited by many very bright meteors; some were more like small fireballs, sorry we didn't count but I'd estimate about a dozen very bright ones. Generally they were coming from the north but they showed-up from multiple directions, as if they were coming straight down on us. Orion was terrific when it started coming up a little after mid-night. The wind picked up later in the evening, the seeing deteriorated a bit around 11pm and we called it night around 2am; a little while before the moon came up. Next week we're thinking of attempting the Wedge or somewhere else further south. The moon will set early leaving a long dark night for one more fling before the cold weather really settles in, anyone else heading south next week-end?
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