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Luka B
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    I was as great night! I think the best since Nov 5, 2010, and maybe better than that.

    I was at Keller with Jeff. We arrived 5 minutes apart, just after dark. I really wasn't intending on a mini-marathon, but I did end up seeing quite a few Messiers. It's been really long since I saw m42, and boy was is beautiful. My narrowband filter made it even better.

    I did see M31, M32, M110, M3,  M33, M78, M51, and M66. I did see a lot of what Scott saw, but NOT 77, 67, 97, 109, 48, nor 50. I left soon after Saturn got over the tree line. It was nice to see with the rings open a bit. It's probably the most open that I've ever seen them. I only spotted Titan though, and not any other moons. I think it was still too low perhaps.