[AZ-Observing] Saturday night viewing

Monsoon madness was upon us as we explored the weather maps and clear sk=
y tools for =

the past week=85We wanted to get behind the eyepieces!  We had the Pront=
o out doing =

birdwatching near Bisbee two weeks ago, but that isn't the evening sky. =
 North looked =

promising as did far Southwest.  Elevation and cooler air won out.  So a=
s not to jinks us, we =

did not invite Adam along who just received his brand new Starmaster. =


Off we trekked from Phoenix yesterday to a forest road Bernie Sanden lik=
es just south of =

Tusayan.  Through the rain and clouds we had our fingers crossed.  The f=
inger crossing =

worked and we had a nice cloudless evening for viewing.  There were elk =
roaming around =

and throughout the evening the coyotes serenaded us. There were all sort=
s of other critters =

checking us out as the bushes rustled an awful lot.   Also spotted a glo=
w in the dark bug =

crawling around. =


With the sky being a little on the unsteady side, I stuck with the 22 Pa=
n for most of the =

evening and had enjoyable low-power wide field views. I would up the pow=
er every now and =

then to darken the sky as needed.

Went after quite a few new objects on a generated list from an Astro pro=
gram along with =

many favorites.  The sculptor galaxy is quite an object.  Am glad it was=
 on the list and that  =

I finally saw it and I look forward to giving it some time in the future=
.  For the first time the =

checkmark actually looked lake a Swan to me.   NGC 4490 was on the list =
and it appeared as =

two GX.  Out came the chart and sure enough there are two GX and they fo=
rm ARP 269.  Ok =

- Now I have one Arp object. =


The wife also had a good time chasing after her favorites and trying out=
 some astro shots =

with her camera.  She is quite pleased Orion is back to visit us.

It sure was nice to get out and do some viewing during Monsoon and thank=
s for not =

heading to the North =

Adam.



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