I took those off of a few sites on the web, tried to condense them and put them out to the newsgroup. Viewing is always more fun with a group of people to talk to and share views with. But, occasionally, it gets a little frustrating having people coming and going every half hour, and using their white interior car lights to pack by. I thought we would all enjoy Wolf Creek this weekend more, if we had a reminder of what we all need to be careful of. As far as the LX200; that just appeared in all of the lists, so I left it in. I don't know that I have ever heard one, or been bothered by it. I have never been bothered by dogs or children either, but because that occurred in every star party etiquette list, I left it in. Lisa, Sounds like you follow the spirit of the rule exactly. I don't know that I have ever observed at a star party with you, we seem to have had to travel at the new moon for the last two observing seasons. But it sounds like you are doing all the right things, Being aware of your kids when they are on the field, teaching them the right behavior, and having other activities to keep them occupied when they are tired of looking at the stars. Dave, Don't stay away from our scope! How will we ever find all the new and nifty things that you challenge us with? Every web site had a version of that rule, but we have only had trouble with people abusing it once. And we still have no idea who the 6 or 8 people were that parked themselves at our scope for a few hours. It was at Wolfcreek and none of them knew how to keep an object in the eyepiece. It felt like I was running up and down the ladder every minute for 2 hours. They ignored all hints that they had worn out their welcome. When I was about to "be blunt", Don or Kim or some other kind soul detected the mounting frustration in my voice and called them off to another scope. When they left I was too exhausted to even begin my delayed observing program. That was the exception. Every other time it has been a nice balance of time to find weird objects that I am looking for, and having Dave or Don or Kim or someone make suggestions about something that might look particularly good right then. I enjoy swapping views and ideas with you guys , especially of particularly nice objects. That is part of the fun of a star party. Now, Wednesday at Wolfcreek, eh? Jo