Although Saturday night apparently bombed (I left AASP early that evening), Friday night--at least for those of us on the north side of the field--salvaged what appeared to be a grim night of high clouds. Seeing remained consistently decent into the early morning hours allowing magnifications in excess of 3-400x through the 10-inch, and sucker holes kept our group of five (Kerry Weatherford, Mike Mello, Mike Spooner, Gordon and myself) working most of the night seeking low surface brightness planetaries and 12th+ magnitude galaxies before becoming obscured. This was a fun observing challenge without the use of a GO-TO or digital setting circles. Still no comparison to a clear night, but an exciting consolation for a star party that could have been perceived as a lost cause. Transparency improved in the SE after midnight opening Orion, Gemini and Taurus for observing. Mike Spooner and I--the only two of our group awake--were treated by pleasing high powered views of the trapezium in M42, the Eskimo, NGC 2371/72 and a couple small IC planetaries. -FRANK > -----Original Message----- > From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tom Polakis > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 11:14 AM > To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [AZ-Observing] Star Party, UK Style > > > In case you're down about the high clouds that plagued us this past > weekend, UK amateur Adrian Catterall posted an image from a star party > that will bring you to your senses. > > http://www.acatterall.com/Bath.htm > > Tom -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.