Rosie and I watched the event from Maricopa, Stone Haven Observatory. (I could see 6 Pleiades through a calibrated 1' PVC pipe before, (but just barely), during and after the event.) The lights had no effect whatever on the skies overhead, but we did notice a somewhat less bright 'notch' in the Phoenix Nebula during the event. I believe this was possible only because of our distance and the profile of the metropolitan area taking up the entire north horizon. At first, we weren't sure it was real, but Rosie chimed up, 'Is that area there somewhat less bright?' An I confirmed it was. By my watch, which was calibrated to WWV last week, the dimming occurred at 7:58 pm MST and brightened again at 8:58 pm MST. I took some video of the event from the wall of the rolloff observatory, but haven't looked at it yet. I'll send another report one way or the other later on. After the lights came back, we galloped around the skies with the 20' for a few hours. That was an eye opener, for sure, after so long using the C8! Steve Dodder President, Saguaro Astronomy Club Director, Stone Haven Observatory fester00@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.stargazing.net/Astroman _________________________________________________________________ Watch ?Cause Effect,? a show about real people making a real difference. Learn more. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_watchcause -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.