>> Why all the goose eggs [in July], yet the most spectroscopics... A 'spectroscopic' night is one where there's thin cirrus but no cloud-free hours meeting the 3-hour minimum. If you think of it in terms of deep-sky observing, those are just plain cloudy nights, and don't add to the tally of clear hours/nights. \Brian -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.