Howdy all; Well, Comet Holmes is defiantly fading. It is just naked eye with direct vision from a site with Milky Way and 6th magnitude stars. It may brighten up again, it has done that in the past. We shall see. It certainly was fun to see it with binoculars and the ED 80 right among the stars of Mel 20 in Perseus, how many times have you seen a comet among a big, bright open cluster? I also have a candidate for a western site that is closer than the Antennas site at Hovatter Road. It is also near Saddle Mountain, but without the car lights ever time a truck is on its way to home. Use the same path as before: I-10 to Wintersburg Road and then about 10 miles south to the "T" at Elliot Road, turn right (west) onto Elliot. Be careful of the dip and cattle guard. After a few miles traveling on the blacktop, the road turns sharply right and becomes a dirt road. Keep going straight, do not make that sharp right turn, and be careful of two dips in the road. As you come out of the second dip there is a 45 degree turn to the right. So you turn away from the line of power poles onto a smooth dirt road. This happens about 0.3 miles from the pavement. Continue on this road for 0.6 miles and there is an opening in the birm on the left that I marked with rocks. It has room for lots of observers. N 33 21.147 W 112 59.756 is where I set up. Thanks AJ, for letting be borrow the GPS receiver. Good news, no lights or dust from passing trucks. Bad news, the second dip is quite severe and I doubt that anyone towing a trailer would get through it. I will encourage anyone to drive to the site without the trailer and see if you wish to try it first. Other small bad news, there are some distant lights from the transformer station. They are noticeable, but kinda blend in with Phoenix. All we can do is try, maybe put it on the list for a third quarter star party in the future. Clear Skies; Steve Coe -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.