Hello astronomy fans! I got out for a few hours on Sunday night. While waiting for the Virgo group of galaxies to rise high enough to hunt Herschel 400's, I just took the time to look at all the Obvious Stuff and just enoy the nice night. Clear sky, no wind, decent temperatures. It was simply wonderful. Lots of binocular looks.
When the Herschel's showed, there wasn't too much time before Moonrise, but I did manage to get NGC 4666 and M104, the Sombrero Galaxy. The Sombrero most of you are familiar with, but 4666 is worth a look, too. As far as H-400's go, it is easy to see, a nice thin sliver of light in a decent starfield. 51 to go.
I finished off the night by watching Moonrise. I hadn't done that in a while, I followed it up a good long ways past the horizon before I packed up and went home.
No observing last night, too windy. I am going to find a spot tonight and go out. See you all at Randy's tomorrow night.