At least I got a good nights slee so I could go birding at 8 am.
Grant Ranch was beautiful this morning. The grass was green,
lots of wild flowers, lots of birds too.
Rich
s
>I went out last night to catch some music (my wife's band) and saw it was
>clear when we got back to Palo Alto. I set up in my yard -- got in a good
>hour of observing from 2:00 to 3:00 am. My spring target list was fast
fading
>in the west by then, but I was able to add NGC 5005, 5353 and three other
>galaxies to my life list. Mars was up when I shut down and Sagittarius
>beckoned.
>
>Andrew Pierce
>