Steve Remick and I got out tonight for four hours and even though CSC predicted a mediocre night, we saw some amazing stuff.
Purbach's Cross was visible on the Moon tonight! We watched it off and on for three hours. I didn't expect to see it. 😮
Venus is a small cresent and dropping rapidly. The transit is now not far away. ;D
Saturn had 5 moons visible tonight, but the most amazing thing was that two satellites passed through the FOV just below the planet. They were of equal brightness (mag. eight), and moved through the sky like they were flying in tandem. I followed them from Saturn all the way into Corvus. They were no more than 1 arc minute of separation apart, and I have to say that I have absolutely never seen anything like it. ???
Then to top it off, Steve and I saw an irridium flare just off the Big Dippers' bowl at 11:29:45. Mag. -2 for sure. Amazing! AGNFA!