1. Orionid Shower Peak with Third Quarter Moon washout. 25 ZHR, just before dawn on Friday 21st. Nothing to write home about. 2. Sun remains nicely active, better through a calcium filter. http://spaceweather.com/ http://solardatabase.free.fr/sol.php for Ka image 3. OT - Painting ``Star Bather'' by local artist Bob Striks. http://tinyurl.com/3bcn3ed Clear Skies - Kurt