Hi, Joe -- Sadly, not a lot to report. The night was a clear one, and in the end, neither windy nor particularly cold. I was pretty overdressed. I ended up not staying out too long. Combination of factors. It seemed like whatever I was looking for was in a place that made the eyepiece position really awkward. The Zodiacal light was very pronounced, and probably a highlight. This time of year that early in the night, there's not really any Milky Way band to speak of. I found 6-7 new objects, and then visited some old ones. The ground was already dry and very dusty, almost no humidity. Still, the Hercules cluster was not naked eye, even with effort. I feel like in most of my experience at Lakeside, this is not too hard to see without help. The non-Messier member of the "Leo Trio" did not exactly jump out and bite me. Maybe I'm just out of practice. Anyhow, as much as I wanted to stay out, laziness got the best of me. I was tired of awkward positions (I never used to polar-align. Why do I do it now if it makes things so uncomfortable?), had stuff to do this morning, was curious about the news unfolding on the radio just as I was arriving out there, etc. I probably would have spent another hour if I had brought binoculars, but I didn't. In a word, if I knew conditions were going to be as good again, I'd give it another go tonight. Oh, and I actually saw one of the coyotes that you always hear out there... ---- Rev. Michael A. van Opstall Department of Mathematics, University of Utah Office: JWB 313 opstall@math.utah.edu