Back from Eustace, TX. Beat down from first members only star party. Had a good time and learned some things too. : )
There were three scopes present (and three members coincidentally).
Me - Orion 10 inch Dobsonian
Paul - Celestron C8
Don - Celestron 9.25 (the only Goto)
We had a good time visiting with Don's friends and neighbors that were there and once it got dark had a variety of targets to enjoy and show off.
Fingernail moon - almost invisible, but at the horizon you could see a sliver of the moon.
Jupiter
Pleiades Cluster
Hyades Cluster
M1 (Crab Nebula) in Taurus
Orions Nebula M42
Sirius (the dog star) - bright blue diamond in the sky. I could see diffraction spikes that really made it look fine.
Andromeda Galaxy
Clusters M67 and M44 in Cancer
Algieba in Leo - yellow and green double star (very pretty)
M81 and M82 in the same field of view
Saturn and Titan
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