When I saw that moonrise wasnt until 11PM, I took a quick trip up Emigration Canyon to Little Mountain. Machholz was entangled with a fairly bright star named 30 TAU which is visible itself unaided so I dont claim to have seen it unassisted. I my 10x50 binoculars, I could see an hint of the ion tail to the northeast. The Dust tail to the southwest was too bleached out by 30 TAU to be detected. It was 31F with a very slight breeze. Hands were numb after 20 minutes so I didnt stay longer than that. But I did manage some binocular deep space objects. M31: In the bright sky to the west was nice but M32 and M110 were not seen. M41 below Sirius was amazing. Many stars resolved. I must get this one in a telescope. M46, M47: off the back of the big dog. One is just fuzzy the other is partly resolved. M36, M37, M38: all were visible in the same field of view, a nice set of contrasting clusters. NGC457: easy to spot glow in within Cassiopeia. NGC2244: Easily spotted with the glow of the Rosette Nebula around it. Looked for but not seen. M79, M81, M82, NGC281 Clear Skies Daniel Turner __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail