As I drove up the winding road to Dinosaur Point, I idly mused upon the study of cosmology as I contemplated the shrinking ozone layer. 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 102 in Gemini. It seemed almost a nebula. Next, I sought IC 1555. It took me back to the first time I saw the eternal nothingness of being. Next, I logged Abell 99 in the western sky. It looked exactly like dancing elephants. After that, I slewed to B 641. It looked a bit like the pillars of creation. Next, attacking my personal nemesis, I slewed to B 539 in Scorpius. It appeared at low power like R2-D2. With that checked off my list, I accidentally located M 81 in Triangulum. It seemed most like blackness. Then, for a real challenge, I looked at NGC 2054 in Serpens. It was a blurry likeness of one of Martha Stewart's doilies. After I'd spent a few minutes looking at that, I observed Abell 80 in Sagittarius. It sparkled like Demi Moore.
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 Segmentation fault (core dumped).