[AZ-Observing] Anderson Mesa last night

Howdy all;

Jeremy Perez and I had a pretty decent night at the Anderson Mesa sight
about 25 miles from Flagstaff.  The clouds cleared off by 9:30 or so and
it got better as the night progressed.  Jeremy did a nice sketch of M 101
and I did some observing in Corvus and Crater.  We compared some eyepieces
and spent a little time on Saturn at 250X and the seeing was 6/10, so
there was some good detail to be seen.

In twilight Brian Skiff stopped by on him way to work at the observatory
station, determining the rotation rates of asteroids.  I think he was
using the 30 inch(?) to do that.  It was nice to visit with Brian for a
while, I had not seen him in many years.

I am going to move the RV today from the campground in Flagstaff and I
will be at 5 Mile Meadow until Wednesday.  Then I will drive down to
Congress, park the motorhome and get with David Fredericksen for the trip
to Riverside.

Clear skies to us all;
Steve Coe
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