10:30pm A very cloudy sky “miraculously” cleared just as I pulled into the driveway. This time I had a view of Saturn and a quick glimpse of Mars, but only through the binoculars. This was the first Rich had seen of them all night due to the clouds. Jupiter, of course, rose large and bright … Read more
10:30pm Tonight I came home to a very bummed Rich standing next to the spotting scope in the back yard. He told me I had just missed (by two minutes) seeing Saturn! It dipped down behind the trees the minute I pulled into the driveway. He’d had an excellent, sharp view of it for about … Read more
11:00pm It was a murky, hazy night with heavy cloud cover. Arriving home around 10:30pm, I had little hope we’d see anything in the sky and was about to declare that it was a good night for a beer and maybe some TV. But we lounged outside on the patio just a little longer, and … Read more
9:00 – 11:00pm I remember reading that it’s common for people to really become hooked on astronomy when they first view Saturn through a telescope. Tonight’s alignment of Saturn, Mars and Regulus along with its close proximity to the Moon raised my hopes and encouraged me to take a close look. Time was short, since … Read more
10:30pm Thursday and Friday were cloudy nights; Rich worked on Thursday anyway, and Friday we were tired and stuffed from the picnic, so maybe it’s best that we just relaxed in front of the TV. But tonight we had gorgeous clear skies again, and resumed our observations of Jupiter: 4:00am (Sunday) Clear skies still: