After a summer of rain and generally poor observing conditions, late August brought some clear skies with favorable moon conditions and photon-starved members went have gone and taken advantage of the conditions, including this wide field view by member Joe Pedit (used with permission).

Wide Field Sky Courtesy of Joe Pedit

Wide Field Sky Courtesy of Joe Pedit

Members went out observing on Monday, August 26th and Friday August 31st at the Big Woods observing site. Although many visual observers went out to “get their fix” of the skies, the astro-photographers also went out and did some great work, includinga dark nebula shot from Mark Lang.