What a great night! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. (It was our first star party with veggies and dip!) A nice comet, Jupiter, Saturn, and a few Messier objects, too.

I hope to see you all again soon!

Doug Welch

Now it's my turn for show and tell. The first picture shows the sky that greeted the first of us to arrive. You can see Venus below and to the right of the moon but Mars is out of the frame. I'm not sure if it would be visible anyway. Ikeya-Zhang1 is a 15 second, f/2.5 exposure at ISO 400 on a tripod. Ikeya-Zhang2 is a 1 second hand held exposure at my 35mm eyepiece. There was no way I could focus but I'm still happy with the result. (Now I know I'm going to get an adapter to attach my camera to the scope!)

I agree with Doug - it was a great night.

Stewart

P.S. We should have all our observing sessions catered. :-)