washed out (Blue Mountains)

The skies in the afternoon got us kinda fired up. Ian W., Tim H., and I were hoping things would improve.

After dinner, we started to set up gear.

I helped Ian align his mount and find Polaris. My green laser came in handy. He wanted a very accurate alignment if he was going to shoot photos. I continued to assist pointing out Vega, Arcturus, Regulus, Spica, Alkaid, and so on.

Offered my Williams Optics mirror to Tim for him to try.

I briefly looked at Saturn. Initially, I could not see any moons. Later, I could see Titan to the right (mirror-reversed) about 3 to 4 ring-widths away.

I noticed a faint halo around the Moon. It was about 20° away.

I noted the humidity, 85%, at 11:00 PM. It was windy, gusting at times. There were a lot of clouds about. At times, it was like we were at the bottom of a tunnel.

I looked briefly at M13 but it was faint. I could not make out a lot of stars.

Bah. What's the point. I returned to the house.