Surprisingly, those who ventured out to the Antennas/Hovatter Rd site Saturday had a great night. In attendance were Joe Goss and Steve Coe, both of whom arrived mid-week, Steve McAllister, Paul Knauth and myself. Cumulus clouds ruled the day but as the sun sank lower in the west large patches of clear blue sky began to develop. Right about this time the cirrus clouds moved in. No one said it but I think we all thought this would be a bright double star kind of night. Once the sun set the zodiacal light blazed to near zenith. Venus was annoyingly bright and had a significant ?nebulous glow? around it. Thankfully, this story has a happy ending. By 9:30pm the sky was quite transparent and the 5-7 mph breeze we had been contending with ceased. The seeing also improved as the night went on. Joe and Steve were splitting close (2 to 3 arc sec) doubles. Later there was some dew as moisture settled out of the sky. Joe Goss? corrector plate dewed over by around 11:30pm and many of us noticed our papers feeling damp. The view of the night had to be M42/M43 through Paul?s 25?. Although I was unsuccessful in picking out the subtle color explained by Paul, the filamentary details were mind-boggling. I still see it ever time I close my eyes. Hope to see more folks out observing in February. Chris Hanrahan