November Observing from EarthNSky

We had a good turn out last night for NWGAA monthly observing. The seeing conditions were not very good though. Thin blankets of moisture periodically formed hindering the transparency and the seeing was terrible - worst at EarthNSky I have ever seen. I thought that as the night aged the conditions would improve. The transparency did improve some and wasn't too bad. But the seeing, if anything, got worse. I left the field about 11:15pm. The highlight of the night was comet 17P Holmes. This thing has just gotten huge. It completely fills the field of view provided by my 35mm 2" eyepiece in my LX200GPS 10". Its annular quality is giving way to that which we would consider a more normal comet look. Attached is a sketch I made just before I packed up.

Eric