>Around 0300 the breeze had become a steady cold biting wind and I=20 >finally packed it up and pulled out. I had already had around nine=20 >hours of good observing so I can call it a success. I wasn't the last,=20 >there were at least two observers still going when I pulled out. > >Andrew Cooper * * * Sentinel Schwaar Star Gaze 2005 * * * I was one of "those observers still going"! After finishing up observing six galaxies in Aries for "Last Call for Observations" for the SAC newsletter, the wind died down and I did some imaging with my new camera. (I took three images and I will post them here after I "process" them.) Then I continued on with the "Solar System Challenge" by Steve Coe. I observed Mercury around 6:00 am or so to complete 10 kinds of items on the list. (I will mail it to you, Steve). I quit at 6:30 AM after taking an image of the huge display of the morning Zodiacal light, with Jupiter in the middle, all the way to the zenith. The sky was very nice, the seeing was fair-to-good and it was a very productive and enjoyable all nighter for me. Yummy cookies too, from the cookie pusher, Andrew G.! Rick R. SAC PS: I also think Sentinel is still a great place to winter observe. I would like to check out the new "antenna" site, it could be a nice alternative option. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.