Tonight's star party at SPOC simply underlined how much people reply on the web for information. The parking lot was packed and so were the scopes. But not because the skies were so clear but because many (most?) had heard that tonight was the night that Mars was to be at its best. To the credit of main stream media I did not see a single sensationalized story about Mars being huge tonight. In fact, those mentions that I did see all explained that the story going around on the web is false. But still they came. Happily, most who asked about Mars tonight took the real story quite well. Some even joked about paying too much attention to the web. But it does seem to show where many people are now getting their news. Sigh... Patrick