Saturday night on the Island.
Observing Session.
Clear skies transparency was good and seeing was probably a little better than average. The eastern skies was a little hazy up to about 25 degrees above the horizon, but the south and west were excellent.

Saturday Nights observing session

Gene, Arthur, Karen and Joey

2- 10” Scopes, Genes 10” Dob and a 10” Schmidt Cassegrain

objects that we managed to locate:

(Florida)

The weather has been terrible, for the past 3 months, finally today the SUN is shining, but come next week, we might get some more water. In the attachment is a picture of my friends observatory HIGH and DRY!!
Clear Skies

If the weather holds and we don't get blown away by Dolly, the viewing scheduled for the island will be at the water tanks. A list of possible targets is listed in the extended article.

If you like Globular Clusters, your in luck! This month we have a total of 6 Messier Globular clusters and only 1 Messier Galaxy. We will be visiting 5 different Telrad maps to locate the following constellations. Canes Venatici - The Hunting Dog, Coma Bernice's - Bernice's Hair, Serpens - The Serpent, Hydra - The Hunting Dog, and Scorpius - The Scorpion. GC = Globular Cluster Const.= Constellation