[AZ-Observing] Stan's Solstice Party

What a grand time. There must have been 30 to 40 people showed up for 
a great evening of partying and observing. It was a cool dark night 
and the seeing was great. Omega Centauri loomed to the south and M13 
knocked off socks in my 13.1" DOB. Scanning the Milky Way with a 35 
MM 2" eyepiece showed numerous objects (galaxies, nebula, globular 
clusters and ??) Someday when I have more ambition it would be fun to 
figure out just what all those numerous objects were.
For those of you who have not been to Stan's place, it's located on 
the top of a hill overlooking a vast valley. While civilization is 
fast encroaching on the area and there are numerous lights around the 
horizon, the sky is still very dark and the seeing excellent.

I've put some pictures of the event on my web site at:

http://www.hposoft.com/Astro/Party/Solstice.html

Jeff
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