The sky was half decent. Steve Kraus, Jerry Eber, Nick and Bryan and their families were there. Another couple showed up fairly late. When it turned cold and hazy my brother-in-law Mike and I packed it in. We watched the crescent moon and Venus set until it got dark enough to focus on other things. I thought I had found M67, which would have been the only new Messier Object I could add to my collection, but now I'm not sure if I saw it or the Beehive Cluster. Jupiter was out in full glory with its entourage. Sorry we missed you, Jen! Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 3/20/15, jenny <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Subject: [SAS] Re: Messier Marathon tips To: sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Friday, March 20, 2015, 12:32 AM Anyone planning on heading to Fishtrap Friday if the sky is half decent? Jen ------------------------------ On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 10:43 AM PDT cave8@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >oh, I forgot the link. >http://www.astro-tom.com/messier/marathon_order/marathon_order.htm > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: cave8@xxxxxxxxxxx >To: sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:42:47 AM >Subject: [SAS] Re: Messier Marathon tips > > >the order for viewing objects is important as it appears in the sky, this is a good site to use, which also has links to photo's of the objects. >Then you kinda know where to start. > >Debbie > >-------------------------------------------- >On Tue, 3/17/15, Nick Monkman <nmonkman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >Subject: [SAS] Messier Marathon tips >To: "SAS" <sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 11:12 PM > >http://www.spokaneastronomical.org/2015/03/marathon-tips/ > >Just some >random thoughts from someone with very little experience. >I'd like to hear others' thoughts and >opinions. >Of course >it's all academic if the clouds hang >around... > >