Observing Notesfrom the Tuckahoe IrregularsThe weather gods smiled on us this morning! I hope everyone had the great views that I had from my driveway here near Denton. I had my Coronado Maxscope 40 ready to go before sunrise. A little fog threatened but did not get thick enough to ruin the show. As the sun rose over the trees the black dot of Venus was visible to the naked eye on the dark orange disk of the sun. Very quickly the sun became too bright to view directly. Pointing a scope toward the sun usually involves using shadows. I didn't realize that shadows were so difuse at dawn, I could not use my finder. I had to move the scope around until the sun was in the eyepiece. With the exception of a cloud passing through around 6:10 I was able to view the entire show. I did not detect the teardrop in my scope. All in all a great morning. Keith |