1:01 AM. I viewed M83 in the NexStar 11 GPS (alt-az Go To). Barely detectable. But then, Messier 83 is a face-on spiral. And low. Very low. According to SkyTools, about 15° above the horizon. Almost 4 air masses...
1:24 AM. Viewed Messier 101 (M101). It was very faint. But large. I could see some stars in the middle.
To power the N11, I borrowed Steve's small lead-acid battery pack, not wanting to take the power supply away from the C14.
Helped Justin with Skytools... In particular, the location settings. If I remember correctly, he had the east-west longitude option set wrong. An easy mistake to make in ST.
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Steve made a time lapse of us setting up on the Observing Pad.
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