Hello astronomy fans! I got out for five hours tonight. I did a community education outreach for Spring Grove and five people showed up. I showed them the Moon, Polaris (all of them didn't know it was a double star, ) Epsilon Lyra, Beta Cygnus, the Alpha Persei Association, M45 the Pleadies, Jupiter, Uranus, and finally the Moon again. It was great, but they weren't dressed appropriately and left after two hours.
I stayed for three more and recorded observations on four Lunar II targets, asteroid 6 Hebe, and Comet 103P Hartley.
I also took a close look at Mira, (Omicron Ceti) and it has brightened to the point to where it is not orange red anymore, but now looks as a yellow star.
It was AGNFA!