09.02.18 -- Friday

Arrived at 7:30pm to find Rhys, Elaine and Paul already there.  Shortly joined by Jonathan.

Exceptionally clear night, best we have had for months. Started with M42 followed by the Rossette Nebulae NGC2244. We then went on to to look at M35, M37 and M38.

Dave saw two sporadic meteors and Rhys and Lesley saw a fantastic fireball straight through Cassiopeia, We all looked at Mizar and Alcor and finished with M31. Which was the best we have seen at Austerfield for some time.

The absence of street lights made a great difference and the seeing was exceptional. It became really cold so closed down at 9:30pm.

Lesley