You are very welcome, Dion. It was great to meet you and spend time under the stars with you. For everyone, a brief observing report follows: 5/31/13 was a great night for observing from the mostly dark skies of the 5-Mile Pass area. Transparency was great, but it was a little on the chilly side and just a touch of breeze, but all in all it was fantastic viewing conditions for galaxies. And wow, what a night to spend in Virgo and Coma hunting galaxies. I was able to finish up the remaining H400 objects I had left in that area of the sky. My total hit count was absurdly high. The only difficulty I had was in identifying all the little buggers. In in many FOV's there were 4, 5 or even 6 galaxies. Jay and I kept observing until the moon rose (around 02:30). It was a spectacular last quarter moon and seeing the cedar trees in silhouette against the rising moon was really great. Hoping to see many more of you out under the dark skies of Utah this summer! Mat -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dion Davidson Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2013 11:23 PM To: Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Report from Five Mile Pass: no frustration + aurora I wanted to report to this group about the outing I had near Five Mile Pass with Jay Eads and Mat Hutchings last night. I took Nancy's advice and spent time with Jay and Mat to learn about my telescope and how to find stuff in the sky. They showed me how to collimate my SCT, which I was afraid to do before. Then they showed me how to star hop. After seeing the images on the star map (S&T Pocket Sky Atlas), in Jay's viewfinder, and then in Jay's eyepiece, I could then go back to my own scope and find the same objects! Jay worked with me on four or five Messier objects and then set me loose to find others. Of course I got to stop and see some amazing sights along the way through both of their scopes. After reading the various reports online about aurora in Utah last night I went and looked at the images I took and I see the aurora as well! Not just to the north, but all over the sky. I saw the aurora borealis last summer from Montana, and what I saw last night reminded me of that a little, though I didn't think it possible, so I didn't spend much time on it. I posted my images on my blog - let me know what you think. http://sandydavidsons.blogspot.com/2013/06/astronomy-at-file-mile-pass.html Thanks again for the help I get from this group, and particularly from Mat and Jay. Dion _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". This message and any attachments are solely for the use of intended recipients. The information contained herein may include trade secrets, protected health or personal information, privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you received this email in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your system. Thank you for your cooperation