It was a warm weekend of observing on the hill. John Kocur, Jay Emirzian and his family, and I spent Friday and Saturday nights camped out under the stars.John with his homemade 8" scope, Jay with his 15" Obsession and me with my 16" Lightbridge.We were also joined by Mike Johnson of Holyoke on Saturday. Friday we were dealing with passing clouds that thickened up by midnight. Saturday there were high clouds passing through in the evening and pretty much clouded up by midnight.We were able to spot many of the springtime galaxies including the Leo triplet, NGC 4565,M63, M104, and many members of the Virgo cluster.We also observed Saturn with it's thinning rings and retinue of moons. The warm weather also brought out the black flies. Hopefully they will be gone before the Memorial Day Potluck Weekend. It felt more like August than April but it was better than dealing with snow.
-Barry
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