Hello astronomy fans! We had an awesome night, although quite unexpected as to how it would turn out.
The Moon dominated the sky early in the evening, but we did not expect it to play the dominant role that it did tonight.
We saw an ISS pass about 7:20, but did not see another pass another hour and a half later on.
Ellenvega nailed NGC's 1444 and 457, but the biggest thrill of the night was seeing the Moon occult 5 stars in eastern Sagittarius. That just absolutely had our attention down tight. I personally had never seen more than two occultations previously, so this was a new record.
Steve had his new 20X80 Zhumell binoculars out, they were great! No comet 168P Hurgenrother, though. Did that object subside? I think that "Heavens Above" star maps are very substandard.
We have two pretty darn good astronomers coming up through the ranks. AGNFA!