My observing report

As I drove up the winding road to Fremont Peak State Park, I idly mused upon the current implications of AP Refractors as I contemplated the past week of rain. When I arrived at the parking lot, it was filled with friends eager for a night's observing. I counted at least 44 telescopes set up.

I started my night's observing with one of my favorite objects, M 10 in Canis Major. It reminded me of nothing I'd ever seen before. Next, I sketched B 372. It was a dead ringer for 60 grit carborundum on asphalt. Next, I studied M 81. It seemed almost a glimmer of the Big Bang. Next, attacking my personal nemesis, I tracked down Abell 59. It seemed most like one of Martha Stewart's doilies. After that, I checked out IC 3348 in Triangulum. It sparkled like smoke signals from a rampaging Iroquois band.

After a short break to check my email, I star-hopped to Abell 96. It was better than a swarm of bees.

Finally, it was time to pack up and leave. As I drove home, I contemplated the events of the night, and realized that any night out under the sky with good friends is better than yet another town star party with clueless newbies.


    ...Akkana (with help from David North, Jane Houston Jones, and Bill Arnett) .

(Don't forget to hit reload.)