I enjoyed a quiet evening with my buddy Dave for some winter stargazing. I set up my 15" Obsession at Ivins Reservoir for some fairly dark skies except for the eastern horizon. I found comet Lovejoy with Dave's phone app above Andromeda galaxy heading towards Cassiopeia. I viewed it in binos Thursday night and thought I saw a small tail. With the 27 Panoptic, it definitely showed off it's small tail. This is the best view I've had all winter. It is still bright although I think it has dimmed some since January. M81-M82 showed up well in the northern sky. It is high up in the sky and the views don't get any better than right now. M108, M109, and M97 (Owl Nebula) were viewed in the Big Dipper. I also viewed NGC 2841, a 10th magnitude galaxy near the constellation Lynx. NGC 2683 was a nice elongated galaxy known for it's UFO shape. It has a bright magnitude of 9.7. The other galaxies I viewed with my 12mm Nagler were NGC 1300, NGC 1232, NGC 1337, and NGC 1097 in Fornax. I viewed serveral open clusters in Canis Major, Puppis, Gemini, and Cassiopeia. The last one I viewed was M38 in Auriga. I really like that one under dark skies and it was fairly high when I viewed it. It was a nice Friday night under the stars. Hopefully the skies will be clear next week so I can do some more winter observing. Clear Skies, Debbie