Boy, I sure hope that some of you got out there last night. It was one of those 3 or 4 absolutely perfect nights that we get each year here in SE MN. Steve Remick and I got out and I suggested he try out the Scorpion and he nailed Antares and M4, he found M80 all by himself, (you should have heard the excitement in his voice on that one!), then the open clusters M6 and M7. Then he packed it in at 10:30.
I recorded 10 globular clusters, mostly in Scorpio-Sagittarius, but one in Ophiuchus. Then I settled back and used my binoculars on the beautiful Fall constellations of Casseopia, Perseus, Andromeda, Triangulum, Camelopardalis, Aquarius and finally Taurus. I lingered over the Double Cluster, Stock 2, Kembles Cascade, the Andromeda Galaxy, the Pinwheel Galaxy, the Helix Nebula, and finally the Pleadies. I could see everything crystal clear.
Wow. 3 and a half hours. I didn't want to go inside. A Glorious Night For Astronomy.