Saturn, Venus , and Bettlejuise---Oh My

They are up at 5:00 am local Daylight time. Get up early and take a look.
It must be winter coming. The skys were very hazy but seeing was very
steady here in Northwestern Illinois. Saturn rings were just great, and
Orion still the same.

Jule J. DuBois at 42N 90.6W

Jule,

I surely went out this morning and had my first peek at Saturn this
fall, looked at Venus first though, a healthy crescent shape. Saturn
was a welcome sight, I saw it right at 5:20am, rings, Cassini fine
down this way. It smelled like a hint of smoke in the air, I don't
know if they are burning fields already-sugar cane?-here in southeast
Louisiana, but overall the view was pretty good.

I had my Orion Shorty plus barlow and Sirius 25ep, then switched to my
10mm Highlight plossl barlowed with an XT4.5 dob.

Kerry
29.52N
90.33W

"grumpa" wrote in message news:TjjWc.216821$eM2.112710@attbi_s51...
They are up at 5:00 am local Daylight time. Get up early and take a look.
It must be winter coming. The skys were very hazy but seeing was very
steady here in Northwestern Illinois. Saturn rings were just great, and
Orion still the same.

I had a wonderful view of Orion clearing the trees
with Venus and Saturn in tow from Mount Kobau last
week, say, about 0400 local time.

A shame I didn't have any film with me suitable for
fixed-tripod shots. It would have made a nice one. :-(

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte